Rest of World hires Sengupta as South Asia editor

Rest of World has hired Durga Sengupta as its South Asia editor. Sengupta was previously the Southeast Asia Desk Editor for The Ken, where she worked for nearly five years. During that time, she worked closely with reporters across the organization to sharpen their pitches; to ideate, edit, and put out deeply reported long-form and […]

Business in Vancouver web editor Chiang departing

Chuck Chiang, the web editor for Business in Vancouver, is leaving the publication. His last day is Feb. 3. He has also been the Asia Pacific writer for the publication, where he has worked since May 2017. Chiang previously was at The Vancouver Sun as Asia Pacific columnist and web editor. He was also the […]

VanSickle to join NY Times as Supreme Court reporter

Abbie VanSickle, a reporter at The Marshall Project has left to join The New York Times as a Supreme Court reporter. In her new role, she will work “alongside Adam Liptak, our chief Supreme Court correspondent, to cover the world of the court, including its role in politics and the lives of the justices,” as […]

Holter joins Richmond Times-Dispatch as city reporter

Em Holter has joined the Richmond Times-Dispatch as its city reporter. Previously, she was an education, government and history reporter at The Virginia Gazette. Holter was a general assignment reporter at The Tidewater Review, which serves the Virginia counties of King William, King and Queen, and New Kent. Before that, she freelanced; Holter graduated from […]

Poyant named executive producer at NY Times

The following was sent out from The New York Times‘ director of audio Paula Szuchman: I’m thrilled to announce that Jen Poyant is joining the Audio team as an executive producer of newsroom shows. Her portfolio will include our new tech show, “Hard Fork,” and the stalwart “Modern Love.” We searched far and wide for […]

Global News hires Wright as video journalist

Vanessa Wright has joined Global News as a video journalist. Recently, she was a student intern at the Muslim Network TV in Canada. Wright has a bachelor’s degree from Toronto Metropolitan University. You can congratulate Wright on Twitter.

Drapers taps Dirvanauskas to serve as deputy editor

Gabriele Dirvanauskas, a fashion editor at Drapers Magazine, has been promoted to deputy editor. Prior to joining Drapers in 2020, Dirvanauskas was at News UK, where she worked for nine years. There she held various roles, including stylist, writer, deputy fashion editor and fashion editor. Dirvanauskas has a B.A. in journalism from the University of […]

Capurro joins The i Paper as environment correspondent

The i Paper has hired Daniel Capurro as an environment correspondent. He joined from The Telegraph, where he has worked for about six years. There, Capurro held the posts of assistant comment editor, senior reporter, and editor for Front Bench, The Telegraph’s daily political newsletter, and s. He also worked at The Times. Capurro has […]

Alfarone swaps CBS News for Gray Television

Gray Television has appointed Debra Alfarone as an anchor for Local News Live, Gray Television’s 24/7 streaming news network, and as a national correspondent for its stations. “In her new role, Alfarone will provide daily news updates on Local News Live, which offers live news coverage from Gray’s 113 markets on one OTT platform. She […]

Briah joins Incisive Media as reporter for Cover

Incisive Media has hired Jaskeet Briah as a reporter for Cover, where she will cover employees’ benefits, financial protection, health and personal insurance, cost of living, Purchasing Managers’ Index and income protection. Recently, Briah was a reporter at Alliance News Limited in London. Before that, she worked for Mulberry Media and was a content writer […]