Bloomberg News senior editor David Gillen resigned last week to take a job at the New York Times business desk, sources at Bloomberg confirmed this weekend.
Gillen was considered one of the top editors at Bloomberg News as assistant managing editor of Bloomberg Markets magazine since 2000. He was also the bureau chief in Hong Kong from 1995 to 1998 for the business news service and worked in Bloomberg’s London bureau from 1992 to 1995.
He joined Bloomberg from Bond Buyer, where he was one of TJFR’s 30 under 30 business journalists back in 1991. He had worked at American Banker/Bond Buyer as a correspondent, New York reporter and a copy editor.
One writer for the Bloomberg Markets magazine called Gillen “the best editor on the magazine — by far.”
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David Gillen is a great structural and word editor, as I learned when he spent two months shaping the current (November 2007) Bloomberg Markets cover story on Citigroup's Charles Prince, which ran under my by-line. (That cover appeared alongside the Talking Biz News item reporting Gillen's departure.)
But David wasn't the lone star on Bloomberg Markets' editorial staff, as your nameless informant claimed.
Veteran investigative editor Jonathan Neumann and the magazine's boss, editor Ron Henkoff, would be invaluable on any serious magazine staff.
Jon's and David's strengths were complementary. For example, Jon is highly collaborative and works closely with reporters, while David did his magic rewrites in isolation.
I'm sure he'll be successful at the Times.
-- Joseph N. DiStefano, now at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Isolation? I HAVE to disagree on this. Dave edited my work for years and it was always collaborative.
Jonathan a fine editor, too. I am not denying that. But to portray Dave as someone who rewrote with no give-and-take was not the experience I had.
I bet Dave's star shines bright at the NYT
Colgate grad. Class of 88.