Tribune’s Huppke departs for USA Today
Chicago Tribune columnist Rex Huppke sent out the following excerpt note: Buckle up, friends, I have news. Tomorrow will be my last day at the Chicago Tribune, the wonderful newspaper I’ve called home for nearly 20 years. I’ll soon be starting a new job as a columnist at USA TODAY. I’m outlandishly excited about the […]
Northern Nevada Biz Weekly editor MacMillan steps down
Kevin MacMillan, editor of Northern Nevada Business Weekly, has left after a 14.5-year career with Swift Communications/Nevada News Group. He has joined the Reno Gazette Journal as a city editor. He previously served as a reporter/sports editor, managing editor and co-general manager at Sierra Sun and North Lake Tahoe Bonanza. MacMillan has a B.S. in […]
Farha moves to the Nation desk at USA Today
Fatima Farha, audience editor at USA Today, has switched over to the Nation desk in the role of audience development editor and strategist. Previously, she was a copy-editing Pulliam fellow at The Arizona Republic. She was also a journalism intern at VSolvit, a technology services company in Ventura, CA. She has also served as a […]
USA Today hires Buchwald to cover personal finance and markets
Elisabeth Buchwald, a personal finance reporter at MarketWatch, has left to join USA Today to cover personal finance and markets. Buchwald joined MarketWatch in 2018 as an intern covering personal finance, economics and retirement. She has also interned at CNBC and written for the Business section of MediaFile about topics pertaining to the business of […]
Boyd appointed EIC of Mashable
Mashable has tapped Alesha Williams Boyd as editor-in-chief, overseeing the brand’s editorial vision and leading its staff. She starts her new role on Jan. 31. Boyd recently served as senior digital director at the USA Today Network. Before that, she served as senior digital director for the Northeast, leading the regional digital team for Gannett’s […]
Behrmann to join National Journal as senate correspondent
Savannah Behrmann will be joining the National Journal as Senate correspondent. Currently, she is working as a congressional reporter at USA Today. She joined in 2019 as a Politics NOW reporter, and before that she was at CNN. She has also worked freelance for Teen Vogue and has interned at the Washington Journal – C-SPAN, […]
Glaun joins USA Today Network as criminal justice investigative reporter
Dan Glaun has taken a position as a criminal justice investigative reporter at The Naples Daily News/The News-Press, part of the USA Today Network. Glaun has also been freelancing since 2010, with his work appearing in The New York Times, The Forward, The Awl and Vice. He was also a reporting fellow at FRONTLINE PBS […]
Politico hires two new NY editors
Julia Marsh and Joe Spector will be joining Politico as New York editors. Marsh was recently City Hall bureau chief at The New York Post. Before that, she was a reporter at The Post. She was also a contributor at The Christian Science Monitor and has covered foreign relations and domestic politics for The Yomiuri […]
USA Today taps Wells as congressional/politics reporter
USA Today has hired Dylan Wells as a congressional/politics reporter in the Washington bureau. She comes from the National Journal, where she was until recently a national political correspondent. Before that, she was an Atlantic Media – Hotline editorial fellow and then served as a staff correspondent at the Journal. She has also worked at […]
The 19th adds new staff members
The 19th has hired Myrka Moreno and Lance Dixon as audience engagement producers. Megan Kearney will be joining the editorial team as a digital producer and Jasmine Mithani comes as a data visuals reporter. Moreno joins from Grist, where she was recently a social media coordinator. Before that, she served as a social media engagement […]
