Categories: OLD Media Moves

NYTimes hires Abrams to cover Wall Street

The New York Times has hired Variety financial news editor Rachel Abrams to cover Wall Street, according to a report by Sara Morrison at The Wrap.

Morrison writes, “Rachel Abrams is leaving her position as Variety’s financial news editor for the New York Times, Penske Media confirmed on Friday.

“‘Everyone at Variety has loved working with Rachel and, though it was just three years ago that Rachel entered Variety’s intern program, we will miss her and wish Rachel much success at The New York Times,’ said PMC Director of Corporate Communications Lauren Gullion.

“NYT did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Abrams, who declined to comment, will cover Wall Street for the paper.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.