Nash promoted to ME of CNBC.com, Berkowitz departs for WNBC

Jeff Nash has been promoted to managing editor of CNBC.com, and deputy managing editor Ben Berkowitz is leaving the business news website to run the website of WNBC.

Nash has been deputy managing editor for enterprise since 2013.

The changes are the first major move under CNBC digital executive editor Jay Yarow, who was hired in March from Business Insider.

Nash joined CNBC from Dow Jones, where he was editor of SmartMoney.com and personal finance editor of the Wall Street Digital Network. There, he reoriented his 12-person team’s coverage of consumer finance to focus on real-time analysis of the day’s most urgent events. This strategy led to a 50 percent increase in article traffic.

Prior, Nash served as deputy editor of SmartMoney.com, helping to refresh the site’s design and working with reporters to develop new features, columns and blogs. He also worked at Investment News, Financial Week and Money magazine.

Berkwoitz had joined CNBC from Reuters, where he was involved in running its website and had also covered the insurance industry. He also served as editor in charge of the New York tech, media and telecom reporting team, primarily covering media conglomerates and wireless companies.

He rejoined Reuters in Amsterdam in May 2009, covering the Dutch banking system and economy. He originally worked for Reuters in Los Angeles and New York from 2001 to 2006 covering everything from video games to oil.

In between he was business editor at AOL, head of the editing desk at AP Business News and managing editor of Fidelity.com.