Bloomberg taps Versprille to cover air regulation
Benedikt Kammel, global aviation editorial leader, and Shelly Banjo, managing editor global business for the Americas, sent out the following memo: Hi everyone, we’re thrilled to announce that Allyson Versprille in our Washington DC bureau is the new aviation regulation reporter, covering agencies like the FAA, the NTSB and the intersection of politics, regulation, and […]
LaForest departs Automotive News for new opportunity
Audrey LaForest, the Washington, D.C., reporter at Automotive News, where she covers automotive policy and regulation, is leaving for a new opportunity. Prior to this role, she was a reporter at Plastics News, a weekly trade newspaper also owned by Crain Communications, where she tackled the automotive and machinery beats. Previously, she was the associate editor […]
Reuters hires WSJ’s Eckert to cover auto industry
Reuters has hired Wall Street Journal reporter Nora Eckert to cover the automobile industry. She joined The Journal in January 2022. Eckert had been an investigative reporter for the Post-Bulletin in Rochester, Minnesota, for the previous year. She was previously an elections reporter for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. She interned for the Journal and was […]
WSJ seeks an autos reporter in Detroit
The Wall Street Journal is looking for an experienced reporter to join our global autos team, working from Detroit. The auto industry is undergoing an immense transformation with the rise of hybrids, EVs and other technologies that are making the car more like a computer on wheels. Big U.S. car companies are trying to navigate […]
Darmiento now covering aerospace for LA Times
Los Angeles Times reporter Laurence Darmiento is now on the aerospace beat. He has been covering wealth, deals and dealmakers for the publication. Darmiento joined the Times in 2015 as an assistant business editor. He previously was editor of the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. Prior to that, he spent six years as managing editor of the Los Angeles […]
Insinna departs Reuters for Breaking Defense
Valerie Insinna will be rejoining Breaking Defense as senior reporter covering both Congress and the global business of defense. She will start March 4. Insinna comes back to Breaking Defense, where she previously covered military aviation and the Pentagon, after a year spent covering the commercial aviation sector for Reuters. She previously worked as the […]
Politico hires Dahl as mobility reporter in Europe
Politico Europe has hired Jordyn Dahl to be its mobility reporter, covering cars and electronic vehicles. She was at LinkedIn as a senior news editor at LinkedIn before leaving in October 2023. She had been at LinkedIn since 2019, starting out as its small business reporter. She also built two beats — sustainability/climate and entrepreneurship — from the ground up. […]
Washington Post biz desk adds two for transportation coverage
Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery and business assignment editor Sandhya Somashekhar sent out the following on Friday: We are pleased to announce that Lori Aratani and Ian Duncan have joined the business desk to helm a new team focused on the transportation industry and the federal agencies that regulate it. Aviation reporter Lori Aratani […]
Cudahy returns to The Points Guy as aviation reporter
Sean Cudahy has returned to travel industry site The Points Guy as its aviation reporter. He has been freelancing for the past nine months after earlier leaving The Points Guy in November 2022. Previously, Cudahy was an evening reporter at WNCN-TV, a CBS-affiliate in Raleigh North Carolina. At Cox Media Group, he was lead evening reporter […]
Bloomberg Opinion seeks an industrial and transportation columnist
Bloomberg Opinion is looking for a dedicated writer to cover the industrial and transportation industries with insight, flair and authority. We are seeking an independent and quick-thinking columnist who will play a leading role shaping our global audience’s understanding of the biggest trends, most important companies and most influential leaders in these parts of the […]