Wadington joins The Hill as deputy managing editor
The Hill has appointed Katie Wadington to the post of deputy managing editor. Recently, Katie Wadington served as Washington editor for breaking news and planning for USA Today. There, she held the posts of fact check editor and Politics NOW editor. She spent more than 15 years at The Asheville Citizen Times, holding various posts, […]
USA Today Washington editor Wadington takes buyout
Katie Wadington, Washington editor for breaking news and planning at USA Today, has tweeted the following: “Thursday was my last day at @USATODAY . With 17+ years @Gannett , I took a buyout. It was time. I’ll miss my colleagues dearly: They’re the best people, simply top-notch journalists who believe in truth and facts. Now, […]
Houston Chronicle names Farha senior editor, new audiences and innovation
Fatima Farha will join the Houston Chronicle as senior editor of new audiences and innovation. Recently, Farha was an audience development editor – Nation at USA Today. Before that, she was an audience editor. She was a copy-editing Pulliam fellow at The Arizona Republic. Farha graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. You can congratulate […]
Bajak departs USA Today for Urban Institute
Aleszu Bajak, senior data reporter on USA Today’s investigative unit, has left and joined the nonprofit Urban Institute as director of data visualization. Bajak founded and edited Storybench.org, a publication from Northeastern University’s School of Journalism exploring the future of digital storytelling and data journalism. He also founded LatinAmericaScience.org, a platform for science news and opinion […]
USA Today names Silva, Portman managing editors on the national desk
The following excerpt was sent out: USA TODAY journalists Cristina Silva and Jennifer Portman have been promoted to managing editor positions and will lead the national news desk. Silva, currently a deputy managing editor for enterprise, and Portman, currently a senior editor for enterprise, have led significant, award-winning coverage at USA TODAY on a variety of subjects. In their […]
Wells swaps USA Today for Washington Post
Dylan Wells will join The Washington Post as a campaign reporter. Wells begins Oct. 10. Recently, Wells was a congress, campaigns and politics reporter at USA Today. Before that, she was at the National Journal, where she served as a fellow, staff correspondent and national political correspondent. She also worked at CNN and interned at […]
LA Times adds Vazquez, Taylor to news design team
The following was sent out on behalf the Los Angeles Times’ deputy design director Allison Hong: We are pleased to announce that Alejandro Vazquez and Paula Taylor have joined the News design team as art directors. In their temporary roles, they will create layouts and visuals for the main news section, California, Business and Opinion […]
Jones departs USA Today for The Athletic
Mike Jones, national NFL reporter and columnist at USA Today has left after five years to join The Athletic as a national NFL writer. Jones tweets: “I’m extremely grateful for all of the experiences and growth opportunities and relationships built with some really special people there the last five years.” Previously, Jones worked as a […]
Washington Post hires Koscielniak as a senior producer
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s director of video Micah Gelman and executive producer of original video David Bruns: We are delighted to announce that Jessica Koscielniak will join Video as a senior producer for enterprise. In this role, Jessica will help lead the video journalists in both breaking news and […]
Hagen joins USA Today as a database reporter
USA Today has tapped Neena Hagen to serve as a database reporter. Recently, Hagen was a freelance investigative reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where she also interned. Hagen was a freelance data reporter/intern at Chalkbeat and edited and reported for The Pitt News. She was a guest reporter at NPR. Hagen has a B.S. from […]
