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 […]
USA Today hires Soule as Florida government accountability reporter
Douglas Soule will join the USA Today Network in Florida as a statewide government accountability reporter. Recently, Soule was an economic development reporter at Mountain State Spotlight in West Virginia. Before that, he served as a Report for America corps member state watchdog reporter. He interned at The Globe Post and was a participant at […]
USA Today reporter Nelson set to depart
Sarah Nelson, a community reporter for the Independent Mail and the South Carolina-based Greenville News at USA Today will leave next week. Nelson’s tweet reads: “I have loved telling stories that resonate in the Upstate community and am grateful for amazing editors and colleagues who’ve pushed me to be a better communicator. My husband and […]
USA Today celebrates 40th anniversary
USA Today, which was first published on September 15, 1982 has launched its “To the Point” brand campaign to mark 40 years in journalism. It highlights the publication’s concise journalism and impactful content. USA Today introduced color to the newspaper industry with infographics and popular culture stories. Maribel Perez Wadsworth, president of Gannett Media said: […]
USA Today seeks a general consumer news reporter
USA Today’s Money & Consumer team is seeking a reporter to cover general consumer news, focusing on how people can save, spend, grow and protect their money, including trending news and enterprise around consumer habits. This reporter should be on the cutting edge of consumer trends and aim to be an authority on consumer news. […]
USA Today seeks a personal finance reporter
USA Today’s Money & Consumer team is looking for a personal finance reporter who can chronicle how Americans spend, save, invest and lose money — using a variety of storytelling forms, including features, explainers and off-platform formats like Twitter Spaces. The reporter will need to stay abreast of the shifting attitudes and behaviors toward money, […]
USA Today taps travel and consumer reporter Hines to cover food
Morgan Hines, travel and consumer news reporter at USA Today, has switched roles and is now a food reporter. She joined in 2019 as an intern and then was a digital travel reporting fellow. She then served as a travel and entertainment reporter. She was a contributor at Forbes and Hearst and was a journalist […]
USA Today removes 23 stories following ‘fabricated’ quotes
USA Today removed 23 articles from its website after an internal investigation found “fabricated” quotes in the stories of one of its journalists. An editor’s note read: “After receiving an external correction request, USA Today audited the reporting work of Gabriela Miranda. The audit revealed that some individuals quoted were not affiliated with the organizations […]
