The Atlantic hires McCrummen as staff writer
The Atlantic has tapped Stephanie McCrummen as a staff writer. Recently, she was a staff reporter at The Washington Post. McCrummen also served as a foreign correspondent covering East and Central Africa. She also served as a metro reporter covering suburban Virginia. Prior to joining the Post, she was a general assignment reporter at Newsday. […]
Avis hired by AFP to be US economics correspondent
Agence France-Presse has hired Daniel Avis to be its U.S. economics correspondent. He is based in Washington. He has been with Bloomberg News in Israel covering the Israel economy and government. Avis previously spent five years with the BBC, working as a broadcast journalist for “Newshour,” the BBC’s flagship international news program. He interned on the financial regulation team […]
ABC journalist Jonscher departs
Samantha Jonscher, a journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Company, has left. Her tweet reads: “Today’s my last day with the ABC before starting with @theprojecttv in Melbourne – after almost four years in Alice and a year and in Port Lincoln it’s an emotional farewell to Aunty and this amazing community.” Previously, Jonscher interned at […]
Micklethwaite departs GB News for new opportunity
Jamie Micklethwaite, a deputy news editor at GB News has left and joined as a deputy editor. Micklethwaite will cover crime and courts, science, tech, immigration, the police, the environment, climate change and UK politics, focused on future events. Previously, he worked at Express Newspapers as an overnight news reporter, overnight editor and assistant news editor. […]
CNET editor in chief Guglielmo to step down
Longtime CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo will step down from her role and take on a new job as senior vice president of AI content strategy and editor-at-large at its parent company, reports Mia Sato of The Verge. Sato reports, “In her new role, Guglielmo will work on machine learning strategy at Red Ventures, the private equity-backed media company that […]
Newsweek hires Power as newsletter and briefings reporter/producer
Gabriel Power has joined Newsweek as a newsletter and briefings reporter and producer. In his new role, he “will focus on compiling and editing Newsweek’s myriad famed newsletters along with the Newsletter team.” Power will mostly focus on breaking news and current affairs. Previously, Power was a digital editor at Tempus Magazine in London. He […]
Brown joins Tortoise as senior reporter
Will Brown has joined Tortoise as a senior reporter, based in London. He will work on investigations and deep dives into different conflicts and diplomatic issues around the world. Brown is also a senior Associate at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. Brown freelanced for The Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, The […]
News Corp Australia appoints Box editorial director of audio
News Corp Australia has hired Dan Box as editorial director of audio for NewsCast, its company’s on-demand audio arm. As per adnews.com: “Box will work alongside the company’s newsrooms to develop true crime audio programming as the business continues to build on Crime X, its audio-only true crime subscription offer available through Apple Podcasts. This […]
LA Times hires Holiday as Image Magazine contributor
The following excerpt was sent out from The Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles Times’ Image is thrilled to announce that Harmony Holiday is joining the magazine as a contributing writer. Holiday will be a key voice in the magazine’s ongoing mission to tell stories about L.A. life, style and culture in an authentic, rigorous and original way. […]
Reuters appoints Saito as an enterprise reporter
Mari Saito, a special correspondent at Reuters has taken over the role of reporter on the enterprise team. Previously, she was a correspondent, based in Japan, where she wrote enterprise and investigative stories. From July 2010 to July 2016, she was a reporter at Reuters, working stints from Tokyo, San Francisco and the Washington, D.C. […]
