Robinson joins DL News as story editor

DL News has hired Edward Robinson as a story editor. In his new role, he will develop and edit long-form investigative stories, magazine-style profiles and features. Robinson is a columnist at Institutional Investor and was a contributing editor at The Defiant, where he covered the decentralized finance space. He also wrote for Bloomberg and Fortune […]

NY Times taps Rosales to serve as graphics editor

Helmuth Rosales has joined The New York Times as a graphics editor. He will focus on 3-D modeling and visualization. Previously, Rosales was a researcher at New York-based architecture SITU, created visual and spatial narratives about human rights abuses. “He worked on an award-winning collaboration with the Associated Press about a family in Gaza whose home was […]

City & State hires Sterne as an editor

Peter Sterne has joined City & State as an editor. Previously, he was a managing editor at New York Focus. Sterne was a senior reporter at the Freedom of The Press Association, where he oversaw the launch of the US Press Freedom Tracker in August 2017 and served as the project’s first managing editor. He […]

Underwood swaps NY Times for WaPo

Lindsey Underwood will join The Washington Post as the Features department first breaking news editor. As per the Post: “She will lead a new team devoted to breaking news coverage in entertainment, fashion, media and politics within the Style section.” Underwood begins March 27. She joins the Post from The New York Times, where she […]

MassLive Media names Macht president

The following excerpt was sent out from masslive.com: MassLive Media announced Thursday that Joshua Macht has been named the new president of the company, bringing in an experienced executive with deep roots in both Massachusetts and digital publishing. A former editor and general manager of Time Magazine and Time.com, Macht grew up in Massachusetts, lives in […]

El Shennawy joins Reader’s Digest as an associate editor

Reader’s Digest has appointed Leila El Shennawy as an associate editor. Her tweet reads: “I’m thrilled to be delving into editing, and all the fun, joy and curiosity in this magazine.” Previously, El Shennawy was an editorial fellow at The Walrus and freelanced for Maclean’s Magazine. El Shennawy graduated from Carleton University in Ottowa. You […]

Brooks departs Vice for NY Times

Courtney Brooks has joined The New York Times’ visual investigations team as a senior producer. Recently, she was a supervising producer at Vice, where she joined as a senior editor in September 2018. Brooks was a managing editor at Devex. She held the posts of assistant online editor and planning and features editor at Al […]

Jesse to depart the Detroit Free Press after 12 years

David Jesse, a higher education reporter at the Detroit Free Press, will leave after 12 years at the end of the month to join the Chronicle of Higher Education, where he will cover college leadership. Jesse was a 2020-21 Spencer fellow in education reporting at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He was also a […]

Cheng, head of CNET News, departs after 11 years

Roger Cheng, the head of CNET News, has left the news organization after 11 years. “Running CNET News is not a responsibility I took lightly, and I’m incredibly proud of the kind of place we built,” he wrote on Twitter. “CNET wasn’t just a site for gadget reviews, but a bastion of excellent journalism and […]

ZDNet senior writer Condon among layoffs

  Stephanie Condon, a senior writer at ZDNet, was among the layoffs at the tech news site. Condon had been with ZDNet since May 2016. She based in Portland, Oregon. She covers cloud computing, AI, the space industry and other innovation-related topics. She previously covered politics for CBSNews.com, as well as the intersection of technology […]