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Bloomberg taps Pickert as US economy team leader - Talking Biz News
Bloomberg News journalist Reade Pickert has been named U.S. team leader for economy coverage. Pickert will start her new role next month. She has been deputy team leader for its Federal Reserve team and previously covered the economy for four-plus years. Pickert is a University of Virginia graduate in international relations and affairs and economics. While there, she worked on […]
Inside the baby boom with CNBC reporters and anchors - Talking Biz News
Hannah Sacks of People magazine looks at the camaraderie among the six CNBC on-air anchors and reporters who are currently pregnant at the same time – and two of their reporters are on maternity leave or just coming back from it. Sacks reports, “‘Part of the support during our ‘baby boom’ is implicit,’ explains CNBC’s technology […]
Wichita Biz Journal reporter Naveed departs - Talking Biz News
Wichita Business Journal reporter Shaheer Naveed has left the American City Business Journals publication for a new opportunity. He had been with the paper since April 2024 and covered land and workforce issues. “I am so grateful to the WBJ team,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “They believed in my abilities and deepened my passion for this rewarding […]
WSJ hires Bercovici as deputy tech and media editor - Talking Biz News
Wall Street Journal technology and media editor Sarah Krouse sent out the following to the staff: Hi all – I am thrilled to announce that Jeff Bercovici, managing editor of The San Francisco Standard, is joining us late next month as our Deputy Technology & Media Editor in San Francisco. Jeff previously worked as business editor of […]
Pennsylvania biz journalist DaParma dies at 78 - Talking Biz News
Ronald L. “Ron” DaParma, a longtime business editor and business writer for newspapers in McKeesport, Greensburg and Pittsburgh, died June 20 at the age of 78. Joe Napsha of TribLive writes that DaParma “had the ability to cover a broad spectrum of topics, whether it was real estate, Pittsburgh’s banking behemoths, small business, or steel mill […]
Marketing Brew hires Monllos as senior reporter - Talking Biz News
Morning Brew has hired Kristina Monllos as a senior reporter for its Marketing Brew newsletter. She will start in mid July. Monllos previously was a senior marketing editor at Digiday before leaving there in May. She had been at Digiday for six years. She initially had decided to start a Substack newsletter here. Monllos previously worked at Adweek for five […]
Bloomberg hires Reilly to cover tax policy - Talking Biz News
Bloomberg News Congress editor Megan Scully, deputy Washington bureau chief Laura Davison, managing editor Mario Parker and Washington bureau chief Peggy Collins sent out the following on Wednesday: All — We are thrilled to announce a new addition to the DC Bureau and the Capitol Influence team to cover US tax and fiscal policy. Caitlin […]
Bloomberg chairman Grauer retires - Talking Biz News
Bloomberg LP founder Michael Bloomberg sent out the following to the staff on Tuesday: Peter Grauer has decided to retire from Bloomberg after nearly 24 years of extraordinary leadership. When he shared this news with me, I felt both sadness and deep appreciation, sadness that we’ll lose his wise presence, and appreciation for everything he’s accomplished for […]
Texas Tribune hires Cobler to cover state economy - Talking Biz News
The Texas Tribune has hired Paul Cobler to cover the state’s economy. He started on Monday. Cobler covered politics for the Houston Landing before it closed. He returned to Texas after covering city hall for The Advocate in Baton Rouge. During two-and-a-half years at the newspaper, he spearheaded local accountability reporting about a variety of topics and […]
Pacific Business News hires Noone as a reporter - Talking Biz News
Virginia Noone has joined Pacific Business News in Honolulu as a reporter covering retail, restaurants and shipping and supply chain. She recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in critical and creative media, with a minor in journalism, from Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina. While there, she was a reporter and opinion editor […]
Ritter departs Denver Business Journal - Talking Biz News
Denver Business Journal real estate reporter Cassidy Ritter has left the publication. Ritter covered real estate, restaurants and retail. Prior to joining the Business Journal in 2023, she was an associate editor for online tech platform Built In where she oversaw the company’s local news coverage, including Colorado. She previously covered business news for 5280, Boulder Lifestyle, […]
San Antonio biz reporter DiNatale leaving for California - Talking Biz News
San Antonio Express-News business reporter Sara DiNatale is leaving the newspaper to cover politics for the San Francisco Chronicle. She covers energy, the Texas grid, ERCOT, CPS Energy, and labor for the Express-News. DiNatale joined the staff in 2023. She won a 2024 George Polk Award for her investigation on the Texas residential solar industry, “In Broad […]
Ex-Business Insider executive editor lands at NY Times - Talking Biz News
Kieran Corcoran, a former executive editor at Business Insider before leaving earlier this year, has a new job at the New York Times. Corcoran is now an editor on the Express desk at the Times in its London bureau. He previously spent nearly eight years at Business Insider and was second-in-command in the UK, leading […]
The Ankler hires Butler as chief of staff - Talking Biz News
Entertainment industry site The Ankler has hired Kelly Fisher Butler as chief of staff. She will start July 21. Butler was at Vanity Fair, where she most recently served as director of editorial operations, leading teams across digital, print, and social, and overseeing coverage plans around tentpole moments including Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood Issue and Oscar […]
Peled promoted to reporter at WSJ - Talking Biz News
Anat Peled has been promoted to reporter at The Wall Street Journal. She was a news assistant. She is based in Tel Aviv and is covering Israel and the Palestinian Territories. She holds a master’s degree in modern European history from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree in history from […]
NY Times' Stockman now covering manufacturing - Talking Biz News
Farah Stockman is now covering manufacturing for the New York Times. She previously was in the opinion department as a writer covering foreign policy and national affairs as a member of the editorial board. Stockman also spent four years writing stories about race and class and middle America at the Times. Stockman began her career in […]
WSJ hires Kessler as a data reporter - Talking Biz News
The Wall Street Journal has hired Sam Kessler as a data reporter. Kessler has been CoinDesk’s deputy managing editor for tech and protocols. His reporting is focused on decentralized technology, infrastructure and governance. He holds a computer science degree from Harvard University, where he led the Harvard Political Review. He has a background in the technology industry […]
Longtime WSJ staffer Horvath departs - Talking Biz News
Wall Street Journal staffer Adam Horvath sent out the following last week: Dear colleagues, It’s been 25 years since I arrived at the WSJ, just in time to drive my new boss Marcus Brauchli to Philadelphia and set up shop inside the Republican convention, editing coverage of what would end up as the infamous “hanging chad” presidential election. That […]
Three editorial staffers depart Atlas Obscura - Talking Biz News
Three editorial staffers announced Monday that they have left Atlas Obscura, a travel news site. The biggest departure is editor in chief Nicholas Jackson, who had returned about a year ago and was also Atlas Obscura’s first editor in chief back in 2010 before leaving for jobs at places such as The Atlantic and Pacific Standard. […]
Yahoo Finance hires Ockerman as senior reporter - Talking Biz News
Yahoo finance has hired Emma Ockerman as a senior reporter covering labor and the economy. Ockerman has been an audience engagement specialist for Nikkei Asia in New York. She previously worked at MarketWatch.com on its personal finance team. Ockerman was also at Vice News as a general assignment reporter covering economic inequality. She previously was at Bloomberg News covering […]
Senior video producer Kersh among the Business Insider layoffs - Talking Biz News
Senior video producer Harry Kersh was among the layoffs at Business Insider, he disclosed on Linked. Kersh was the host of the video series “Food Wars.” In addition to “Food Wars,” Kersh also presented episodes of “Food Tours,” “Fast Food Chemistry” and more. His videos have accumulated tens of millions of views on YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat and […]
Tweedie named deputy executive editor at Business Insider - Talking Biz News
Steven Tweedie has been named deputy executive editor at Business Insider. He will oversee three teams — business news, the corporate desk, and the weekend team. Tweedie has been deputy editor and business newsroom coach at Business Insider. He launched the business news desk in early 2020 and helped grow it into the trending and tech […]
TechCrunch's Bellan moves to AI beat - Talking Biz News
TechCrunch senior reporter Rebecca Bellan is now covering artificial intelligence. “I’m interested in how AI is actually being used, how it’s being regulated, and where the hype cracks,” she wrote on social media. She joined the news organization in 2021 and originally covered transportation. Bellan previously was a contributing writer for Forbes.com, covering social media and tech […]
Wolfe departs WSJ, returning to Reuters - Talking Biz News
Wall Street Journal reporter Jan Wolfe has left the news organization and is returning to Reuters. His first day will be June 23. Wolfe was a Washington, D.C.-based business legal affairs correspondent for The Journal. He covers significant legal disputes in federal courts in Washington and around the country, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. A […]
AABP names award winners - Talking Biz News
THE ALLIANCE OF AREA BUSINESS PUBLISHERS 2025 EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS LIST OF WINNERS DESIGN CATEGORIES 1. Best Cover – Magazine Bronze: Insight On Business; “Green Bay Blizzard: Snowball Effect”; Kate Bruns, Angela O’Kray, Amelia Compton Wolff One look at this cover and the temperature drops. The color palette and typography are thematic and consistent. The […]
Reuters EIC Galloni talks coverage, career - Talking Biz News
Russell Sherman of the “Press Profiles” podcast interviewed Alessandra Galloni, the editor in chief of Reuters, about her career. Galloni previously worked at The Wall Street Journal, as well as the Associated Press and Reuters, covering economic indicators for the local language service in Italy. She joined The Journal in 2001 after covering a British […]
Pensions & Investments hires Samuels as a reporter - Talking Biz News
Remy Samuels has been hired by Pensions & Investments as a reporter covering exchange traded funds. Samuels previously was reporting on the retirement industry at Plansponsor Magazine. Prior to this role, Samuels was a local news reporter for Patch.com covering New Jersey politics, government and business. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.
Thomson, Post-Dispatch biz editor, dies at 86 - Talking Biz News
Susan C. Thomson, an editor, business columnist and reporter over nearly three decades at the Post Dispatch, died on June 8 at 86. An obituary states, “Thomson joined the Post-Dispatch in 1976 and spent seven years, from 1982 to 1989, as business editor, followed by a two-year stint as a columnist on business issues. She […]
News Corp. extends contract of CEO Thomson - Talking Biz News
News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, has extended Robert Thomson’s contract, which will see him continue as chief executive through June 2030. Thomson was named CEO in 2013. He previously was editor in chief of subsidiary Dow Jones and managing editor of The Journal. His total compensation was $20.3 million […]
Kool named utilities reporter at Maine daily - Talking Biz News
Daniel Kool has been named the Portland Press Herald’s utilities reporter, covering electricity, gas, broadband — anything you get a bill for. He also covers the impact of tariffs on Maine and picks up the odd the business story. He joined the Press Herald in 2024 as the night reporter. A graduate of Boston University, […]
Boudreau departs Business Insider - Talking Biz News
Senior sustainability reporter Catherine Boudreau was among the layoffs at Business Insider. She joined in 2022 and previously was a sustainability reporter at Politico. Boudreau joined Politico in 2016 as a food and agriculture reporter. Before that, she was at Bloomberg News, where she covered the food and agriculture business and federal policies impacting farm […]
Biz journalist Farrell becomes executive director of Pelham Examiner - Talking Biz News
Longtime business journalist Greg Farrell has been named executive director of the Pelham Examiner in New York. A story on its website states, “Most recently, Farrell worked at Bloomberg News from 2011-2024, reporting on criminal investigations and regulatory probes of global banks and Wall Street brokerages. He wrote in-depth features on the prosecution of individuals accused of […]
Thompson departing The Atlantic - Talking Biz News
The Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson is leaving the publication after 17 years and moving his writing to a Substack. He is the author of the “Work in Progress” newsletter and often writes about business and economics topics. Thompson has been a senior editor and business editor of The Atlantic’s website. He also has written a business […]
The City, Fortune, WSJ honored by Silurians - Talking Biz News
The Silurians Press Club named the following winners in the business and financial reporting category: BUSINESS & FINANCIAL REPORTING Medallion: “New York’s Fastest-Growing Union Is Management’s Best Friend —and Some Workers Don’t Even Know They’re Members,” By Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Alyssa Katz of THE CITY Merit: “Can Cathy Engelbert Handle the Pressure?” By Emma […]
Business Insider hires Baker to cover defense industry - Talking Biz News
Kelsey Baker has been hired by Business Insider as a staff reporter on the military and defense team. She has been a fellow on the team. Prior to joining Business Insider, she worked at The Washington Post as a Military Veterans in Journalism Fellow. She is a Marine Corps veteran. Baker holds a bachelor’s degree […]
Bloomberg taps Miller as DC senior reporter - Talking Biz News
Bloomberg News managing editor Mario Parker, Washington bureau chief Peggy Collins, national security editor Nick Wadhams and global head of TV newsdesks Clea Simos sent out the following on Friday: Hi all, We are excited to announce that Myles Miller will join the Washington bureau as a senior reporter covering the Department of Homeland Security […]
Westcott to cover Asia agriculture for Bloomberg - Talking Biz News
Ben Westcott is now covering Asia agriculture for Bloomberg News. He is based in Melbourne, Australia. Westcott spent the past three years covering Australia foreign policy and politics from its Canberra bureau. He previously worked for CNN in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post and the Canberra Times. He holds a bachelor’s degree from RMIT.
The Atlantic hires WSJ's Youssef - Talking Biz News
The Atlantic has hired Nancy Youssef from The Wall Street Journal to be a staff writer. Youssef is a national security correspondent whose reporting has focused largely on the U.S. military and the Arab world. Youssef has a great knowledge of the Middle East. She was based in Baghdad during the Iraq War and later in Cairo, where […]
Tough times for tech publications - Talking Biz News
Dan Raywoood of Press Gazette examines the struggles facing technology-oriented publications. Raywood writes, “In recent months both Techcrunch and Business Insider have made deep cuts to their technology industry reporting teams. “Mashable and CNET owner Ziff Davis, in the US, made redundancies at the end of 2024 and again in March 2025. And Techcrunch made an earlier round of layoffs in […]
Reuters adds digital subscription in eight countries - Talking Biz News
Reuters announced Thursday that it is adding digital subscriptions for its website and mobile app in eight new countries: the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Puerto Rico, Montenegro, Monaco, Iceland and Liechtenstein. The digital subscription plan is for the local currency equivalent of approximately USD $1 a week. There is no up-front discount periods, step-ups […]