Bloomberg adds Barr, Rai and Wang to tech team

Brad Stone, global head of technology coverage at Bloomberg News, and Tom Giles, executive editor of tech coverage, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday morning:

We’re excited to announce some big additions to the global technology team.

First, join us in welcoming Alistair Barr, a journalist with two decades of experience, including a half-decade reporting on technology. He won the Gerald Loeb Award in 2007 for his coverage of short selling and was a finalist in 2013 for scoops on the Facebook IPO. He most recently wrote about Google at the Wall Street Journal and has also had stints at USA Today, Reuters, MarketWatch and Bloomberg News in his native U.K. He will join the U.S. technology team as an editor in San Francisco, reporting to Jillian Ward.

Alistair succeeds Reed Stevenson, who is transferring to the Asia tech team after serving as deputy tech team leader in San Francisco since 2012. Reed has capably helped shape Bloomberg’s stand-out coverage of the Facebook and Twitter IPOs; diversity in Silicon Valley; and the emergence of the sharing economy. Before joining Bloomberg, Reed spent a decade and a half at Reuters, where he reported from around the globe, including Tokyo and Seattle; he also served as bureau chief in Amsterdam and Dubai. Reed will report to Robert Fenner in Tokyo.

In another addition to our team in Asia, Saritha Rai will join us next month in Bangalore to cover the fast-evolving world of technology in India. She has worked for Forbes, the New York Times, Time magazine, Indian Express and the Economic Times. Her accomplishments include interviewing the country’s business and political leaders, chronicling the liberalization of its economy and covering the entrepreneurs and startups behind India’s rising technology sector. She holds degrees in science and journalism from Bangalore University and was picked for a Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University. Saritha will report to Peter Elstrom.

Lastly, Selina Wang will become a reporter on the U.S. technology team, based in New York. A rotator with previous stints on the consumer and insurance teams as well as on TV, Selina has also had internships at ABC’s World News Tonight and at PBS in Boston. Selina is a graduate of Harvard University, where she majored in economics and reported on campus news for the Crimson. She will report to Jillian.