Huffington Post hires executive editor to oversee business, technology

The Huffington Post has hired Jo Confino from The Guadian to be executive editor overseeing business and technology coverage, among other responsibilities, reports Maya Kosoff of Business Insider.

Kosoff writes, “Confino will be the Executive Editor of the Huffington Post’s new Impact & Innovation department, which covers Business, Technology, Impact, Science and Green verticals.

“He’ll also take on the Editorial Director role of What’s Working, an editorial initiative focused on news stories with a positive bend.

“‘I met Jo in Davos — he was moderating a discussion with Richard Branson and Paul Polman, the CEO of Unilever,’ Arianna Huffington told Business Insider. ‘And I was so impressed by his deep understanding of the shift that’s happening in business and culture, generally, but specifically how the business world is waking up around the fact that ideas that were once fringe are now part of the mainstream — environmental stewardship, well-being practices in the workplace, gender and racial equality, impact investing.”