SABEW elects new board members, Nelson as president
James Nelson, business editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, was installed as the new president of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing during its annual conference board meeting on April 20 at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University’s downtown Chicago campus. Nelson succeeds Desiree Hanford, a Northwestern […]
WSJ receives first Peabody Award nomination
The Wall Street Journal received its first Peabody Award nomination for its video documentary, “Shadow Men: Inside Wagner, Russia’s Secret War Company.” The 40-minute documentary goes deep inside the lethal global expansion of the Russian private military company Wagner—tracing the group’s evolution from a small, guns-for-hire operation into a sprawling network of businesses that has been active on […]
NAHJ seeks to start biz journalism task force
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists is seeking to start a business journalism task force. Jeff Kauflin of Forbes and Joel Marino of Business Insider are leading the effort. A town hall will be held on May 1 at 5:30 p.m. at The Wall Street Journal offices in midtown Manhattan. To register, go here. Space […]
Bagchee returning to CNBC to run international
Deep Bagchee is returning to CNBC to run CNBC International. He has been chief product officer at ITV since September 2021 and before that the chief product officer at The Economist. Before that he was senior vice president of product and technology at CNBC in New York where he led a three-year digital transformation, growing both subscription services and […]
Hillman Prizes awarded to Quartz, Bloomberg Businessweek
A project between Type Investigations and Quartz, as well as a Bloomberg Businessweek article about Dollar General working conditions have won 2024 Hillman Prizes. The award for reporting on racial and economic justice went to Aurora Almendral for “Merchants of Care,” a project of Type Investigations and Quartz. The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented staffing crisis […]
Investment Week promotes Angeloni to special projects editor
Investment Week has promoted Christian Angeloni to special projects editor. He will locus on investigations, long-form stories and multimedia content. Angeloni previously was a senior reporter for Investment Week. He also worked at Bonhill Group for four years as a reporter. He holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Westminster and a master’s degree from […]
CoStar parent reports strong first quarter
CoStar Group, the parent of the CoStar News real estate service, beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Tuesday, helped by strong sales and consumer traffic on its homes.com website. A Reuters story states, “The strong results are fueled by monetization of Homes.com. The membership subscriptions of its website reached nearly $40 million in net […]
Semafor promotes Tani to media editor
Semafor has promoted Maxwell Tani to media editor. He will work more on shaping its media coverage and strategy but still continue to cover media news. He joined Semafor in 2022. “Max will be playing a big role producing and appearing in our media summit and other public-facing projects you’ll hear more about soon,” said […]
Wirecutter hires Shy as editorial director
Wirecutter editor in chief Ben Frumin sent out the following on Wednesday: I’m delighted to announce that Leta Shy is joining Wirecutter as an editorial director! Leta is an exceptionally talented editorial leader. She has had a long and decorated career as a health and fitness journalist, including at Condé Nast, where she had a seven-year run […]
Brown promoted to senior reporter at Phoenix Biz Journal
Brandon Brown has been promoted to senior reporter at the Phoenix Business Journal. Brown, who covers multiple beats from sports business to retail/restaurants and hospitality, has nearly a decade’s worth of experience in the Business Journal newsroom. His coverage has been recognized and awarded several times by the Arizona Newspaper Association and the Arizona Press […]
