Jacob Passy, a reporter with National Mortgage News, has been hired by MarketWatch.com to join its personal finance team.
He will be reporting to Quentin Fottrell, MarketWatch’s personal finance editor and The Moneyologist columnist.
Passy has been covering breaking news in the residential mortgage industry. He has been with SourceMedia since 2015 and previously served as a breaking news reporter for American Banker.
His work has appeared in numerous publications, including CNBC, NBC News, Public Radio International’s The Takeaway, and the Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy blog.
He is a graduate of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and Tufts University, where he was features and new media editor for the Tufts Daily.