AP biz reporter duped by fake LinkedIn account
Beware of fake LinkedIn accounts for company executives. The Associated Press has run the following clarification: “NEW YORK (AP) — In a Nov. 17 story about changes CEO Ron Johnson has instituted at J.C. Penney Co., The Associated Press attributed to Michael Francis, a former Penney president, comments about Johnson’s leadership of the company. “The […]
AP launching series on the Great Recession
The Associated Press will launch a series exploring changes wrought by the Great Recession with reports documenting the downturn’s profound impact on jobs that support a broad middle class in the United States, Europe and other developed countries. The series, “The Great Reset,” will begin with stories appearing from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25. Five […]
AP financial markets editor leaving wire service
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following staff announcement: It’s with much sadness that I report that Erin McClam is leaving us for a job as a writer at NBCNews.com. Erin joined AP fresh out of the University of Georgia in December 1999 as a reporter in the Atlanta […]
Hamrick joins Bankrate.com as DC bureau chief
Mark Hamrick, immediate past president of the National Press Club, will join Bankrate.com in January in the newly created position of Washington bureau chief. Hamrick will cover the White House, Congress and financial regulatory agencies for the award-winning network of personal finance websites operated by Bankrate.com. “Now more than ever, Washington policy changes are affecting […]
AP names new markets reporter
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following staff announcement on Friday: Steve Rothwell, a former Bloomberg News reporter, joins us Monday as a markets reporter. Steve worked for Bloomberg in London for 12 years and covered most of the financial markets – from stocks and bonds to credit and currencies. He also […]
AP seeks markets reporter
The Associated Press seeks a reporter for the Business News department’s financial markets team at its New York headquarters. This reporter will have the task of explaining the financial markets to investors and consumers in daily coverage and through high-level enterprise stories. The successful candidate must be a critical thinker and be well sourced among […]
AP banking reporter Gogoi hired by CNN Money
Pallavi Gogoi, the banking reporter for the Associated Press, has been hired by CNN Money to be a breaking news editor. CNN Money managing editor Lex Harris sent out the following announcement: I’m pleased to announce we have a new breaking news editor: Pallavi Gogoi will be joining the team on September 19. Pallavi knows […]
A heartfelt goodbye from an AP loyalist
As we reported earlier today, Associated Press reporter Harry Weber is leaving the wire service for a job on the Houston Chronicle business news desk. His goodbye email to sources and colleagues should be required reading for anyone thinking about how to depart a news organization: I don’t know which is harder — losing 90 […]
AP reporter headed to Houston to cover energy
Harry Weber, an Associated Press reporter based in Atlanta, is leaving the wire service to cover energy for the Houston Chronicle’s business news desk. Tony Wilbert‘s Skyline Views reports: Weber, who covered big business, airlines and the BP oil spill for the past 10 years out of the AP’s Atlanta bureau, will depart next month […]
AP biz reporter leaving for Bankrate.com
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following staff departure announcement: Chris Kahn has decided to leave AP to take a job as editor of the credit card team at bankrate.com. Chris joined AP as an intern in the Phoenix bureau in 1999. He became a full-time reporter in the Richmond, Va., bureau […]
