Zhang named chief DC correspondent for STAT News
Rachel Cohrs Zhang has been promoted to chief Washington correspondent at STAT News. Rachel will still devote most of her time to reporting, and she will also be STAT’s leader in a Washington operation that now includes nearly a dozen full-time editorial, events, and business staff members. Cohrs Zhang, a veteran of Modern Healthcare and Inside […]
STAT News hires Tracer as senior editor
STAT News has hired Zachary Tracer as senior editor, business and policy. He will oversee policy and political reporters, as well as the business of health care team. Most recently, Tracer was at Business Insider, where over the past five years he built the health care team of 10 reporters and editors. Before Insider, Tracer […]
Shapiro, podcast reporter for Verge, is departing
Ariel Shapiro, who has been covering the podcast industry for The Verge for the past two years, is departing. She has been a lead reporter for “Hot Pod,” which covers the podcasting industry. She wrote “Hot Pod”’s paid and free newsletters. Previously, she was an investigations researcher at Tooning Out the News, ViacomCBS. Before that, […]
FT seeks a reporter for its Unhedged newsletter
The Financial Times is seeking a reporter to contribute to Unhedged, the FT’s New York-based markets and finance newsletter. Unhedged, with almost 50,000 subscribers and a popular podcast, is one of the FT’s most high-profile products, and this role is an opportunity to display sharp writing and analytical insight to a large, appreciative and engaged […]
Wu departing FT for The Economist
Ethan Wu is leaving the Financial Times to become the Asia correspondent for The Economist. Wu has been at the Financial Times since November 2021 covering finance in New York. At the Financial Times, he hosts the twice-weekly “Unhedged” podcast on markets and finance. He also co-writes the Unhedged daily newsletter. Before joining the FT, Wu worked […]
Morning Brew hires McGrath to cover health care
Morning Brew has hired Cassie McGrath as its health care reporter. She will start on May 13. McGrath is currently a reporter at the Boston Business Journal covering health care and cannabis. McGrath previously was a news reporter at MassLive.com. She previously interned with PBS “Frontline” in Boston, as well as WGBH and as a press intern […]
BBC News hires Labiak as a biz reporter
BBC News has hired Mitchell Labiak as a business reporter. Labiak previously was with Investors’ Chronicle, a Financial Times publication. He previously was the news editor of Property Week and its chief investigative report. Labiak also spent time as its markets report reporter. He is a graduate of Newcastle University.
Bloomberg Law seeks a privacy reporter
Bloomberg Law seeks a junior reporter to cover privacy. Performs general assignment and beat reporting on privacy and data-security law and writes in-depth analytical pieces under supervision. Researches and writes news stories and features for assigned publication(s), including beat reporting, with supervision. Job Description: Ability to report and write news stories and features under deadline. […]
FT reporter Louch is departing
Financial Times private capital reporter William Louch is departing the news organization. He is based in London and has been at the FT for a year. He previously was a reporter covering investing for Bloomberg News, also in London. He also worked for The Wall Street Journal for nearly five years covering private equity. Louch is the author of “The […]
FT seeks a private capital reporter in London
The Financial Times has an opening for a new private capital reporter based in London. The successful candidate will be able to get to grips quickly with a complicated, diverse sector of the finance industry, while showing an ability to build a wide array of sources in and around some of the world’s most secretive […]
