Butt departs Bloomberg for 9fin to be deputy distressed editor
Bloomberg News reporter Rachel Butt has been hired as deputy distressed editor at 9fin, where she will cover news on troubled companies, help guide reporters and edit stories. She starts her job next week in New York. Butt was previously a reporter with Bloomberg, covering debt restructurings and bankruptcies. Prior to Bloomberg, which she joined […]
Bloomberg Law’s Phengitthsy moves to FDA and drug pricing beat
Bloomberg Law reporter Nyah Phengittshy has moved to covering the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and drug pricing. She has been covering health law issues since being hired earlier this year. Phengsitthy previously was an intern at Bloomberg Law covering environment and energy news. She also was a reporting fellow at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. She is […]
Castronuovo to cover state health trends for Bloomberg Law
Celine Castronuovo will now cover the state health trend beat for Bloomberg Law’s health team. Her beat will include covering state legislation and policies related to reproductive health care, gender-affirming care, prescription drug costs, and more. Recently, Castronuovo served as an associate reporter for FDA and drug pricing. In this role, she wrote breaking and […]
Bloomberg Law hires Riley as senior privacy reporter
Bloomberg Law has hired Tonya Riley from CyberScoop News to be its senior privacy reporter. She had been at CyberScoop since June 2021. Previously, Riley was at The Washington Post covering technology and cybersecurity policy for the Technology 202 and Cybersecurity 202 newsletters as a researcher and reporter. She has also worked freelance for Buzzfeed, Esquire, Wired, MEL, CNBC and others. She […]
Bloomberg seeks an ag reporter in Singapore
Bloomberg News is seeking a creative, enterprising journalist with experience of the soft commodities sector to help drive our coverage of agriculture across Asia. You will be comfortable covering everything from fertilizer prices to wheat trading to the impact of climate change on harvests. While you will be focused on mainland China, you will be […]
Former Fox News analyst Rodriguez named co-host of Bloomberg podcast
The following was sent out from The Hollywood Reporter: Former MLB all-star and Fox Sports analyst Alex Rodriguez is adding Bloomberg to his media résumé. Rodriguez (often referred to by his nickname “A-Rod”) will co-host a new podcast and video series for Bloomberg Originals, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Called The Deal, Rodriguez will co-host the program with Bloomberg Originals […]
LA Times, Washington Post win Loeb Awards
The Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and Reuters each won two Gerald Loeb Awards at an award ceremony in New York on Thursday. The Times won in the local reporting category. The coverage was titled “Legal Weed, Broken Promises” and the staffers were Adam Elmahrek, Paige St. John, Robert J. Lopez, Ruben Vives, Marisa Gerber, Kiera Feldman and Brian van der […]
Bloomberg Media restructures to boost ad sales
Bloomberg Media is restructuring its sales and marketing divisions around industries like tech, finance, auto, luxury and consultancy, rather than geography, to streamline operations and strengthen its appeal to advertisers, reports Mark Stenberg of Adweek. Stenberg writes, “To lead the newly reorganized divisions, Cook created two new jobs and made four key hires: Mike Wong, Andrea Ching, […]
Bloomberg names Scent its acting head of global deals
Bloomberg senior executive editor Dan Hauck and chief content officer Heather Harris sent out the following: After more than two decades of round-the-clock journalism and hundreds of scoops, our Executive Editor for Deals, Aaron Kirchfeld, is taking about 9 months of leave to study for a master’s degree. While his tireless presence and dedication to […]
Bloomberg Law hires Autullo to cover Texas courts
Bloomberg Law has hired Ryan Autullo as a reporter covering Texas courts. Autullo has been the Austin American-Statesman’s chief Texas political reporter. He has worked at the Statesman since 2014, covering state government, local government, courts, and college athletics. He previously worked at The Toledo Blade as a sports reporter. Autullo holds a bachelor’s degree from Bowling […]
