Money names staffers ahead of website rollout

Craig Matters, the managing editor of Money magazine, sent out the following staff hires announcement on Monday:

As we move closer to the launch of Money.com on June 2nd, we’re happy to announce new hires for the website, a promotion and the addition of a new contributing editor.

First, senior reporter Susie Poppick is promoted to associate editor and will move to the web full-time. She’ll continue to write investing focused pieces, but we also plan to put her digital savvy to work on data-driven projects, including Best Places to Live, of course, as well as project management and the development of editorial features aimed at millennials. We are recruiting for Susie’s spot on the magazine now.

Sarina Finkelstein is joining as online photo editor on Wednesday. She is an accomplished print and digital editor, having worked at Cigar Aficionado and Time Out New York, among others. Her new monograph, The New Forty-Niners, is an exploration of modern-day gold prospectors in California and has been featured, well, just about everywhere, including on our own time.com. Sarina describes herself as a “challenge-seeker….dedicated, motivated and diva-free.”

Jake Davidson will join us later this month as a reporter/producer. A former time.com intern and new Columbia graduate, he’ll cover real estate and whatever else we throw at him. He’s also a bit of a programming wiz, which will come in handy. At Columbia he was the lead developer and online editor for the Columbia Daily Spectator and then started and ran a news, opinion and humor blog, the Columbia Lion.

And last, but certainly not least, Farnoosh Torabi has signed on as a contributing editor. A former MONEY intern and reporter, Farnoosh returns as a triple threat online, on tv and in print, where her new book, When She Makes More, is garnering lots of attention. She’ll write on relationships and money for both the magazine and the website, and contribute video as well.

In coming weeks, you’ll be hearing about additional hires, new contributors, content partnerships and more as we build out money.com into a destination that helps users run the business of their lives. In the meantime, please join us in congratulating Susie, Sarina and Jake and in welcoming back Farnoosh to the fold.