STAT News hires Tracer as senior editor
STAT News has hired Zachary Tracer as senior editor, business and policy. He will oversee policy and political reporters, as well as the business of health care team. Most recently, Tracer was at Business Insider, where over the past five years he built the health care team of 10 reporters and editors. Before Insider, Tracer […]
Shapiro, podcast reporter for Verge, is departing
Ariel Shapiro, who has been covering the podcast industry for The Verge for the past two years, is departing. She has been a lead reporter for “Hot Pod,” which covers the podcasting industry. She wrote “Hot Pod”’s paid and free newsletters. Previously, she was an investigations researcher at Tooning Out the News, ViacomCBS. Before that, […]
Wu departing FT for The Economist
Ethan Wu is leaving the Financial Times to become the Asia correspondent for The Economist. Wu has been at the Financial Times since November 2021 covering finance in New York. At the Financial Times, he hosts the twice-weekly “Unhedged” podcast on markets and finance. He also co-writes the Unhedged daily newsletter. Before joining the FT, Wu worked […]
Morning Brew hires McGrath to cover health care
Morning Brew has hired Cassie McGrath as its health care reporter. She will start on May 13. McGrath is currently a reporter at the Boston Business Journal covering health care and cannabis. McGrath previously was a news reporter at MassLive.com. She previously interned with PBS “Frontline” in Boston, as well as WGBH and as a press intern […]
BBC News hires Labiak as a biz reporter
BBC News has hired Mitchell Labiak as a business reporter. Labiak previously was with Investors’ Chronicle, a Financial Times publication. He previously was the news editor of Property Week and its chief investigative report. Labiak also spent time as its markets report reporter. He is a graduate of Newcastle University.
FT reporter Louch is departing
Financial Times private capital reporter William Louch is departing the news organization. He is based in London and has been at the FT for a year. He previously was a reporter covering investing for Bloomberg News, also in London. He also worked for The Wall Street Journal for nearly five years covering private equity. Louch is the author of “The […]
Kamdar becomes EMEA editor for Reuters Global Markets Forum
Bansari Kamdar has been named Europe, Middle East and Africa editor for the Reuters Global Markets Forum. She previously was a markets correspondent in India. Kamdar wrote reports on equities, bonds and currencies. Prior to Reuters, she reported for The Diplomat, The Boston Globe, Conversation, Huffington Post and others. Kamdar is trained as an economist […]
Tom’s Guide hires Achanta as reporter
Tech news publication Tom’s Guide has hired Nikita Achanta as a reporter. Achanta was previously a sub editor and a senior sub editor at Future, where he started in September 2022. He has also worked for Motor Sports Magazine and Rank One Content. Achanta holds a bachelor’s degree from O.P. Jindal Global University and a master’s degree […]
How Bloomberg TV’s Hyde says a PR background helped her
Russell Sherman of the “Press Profiles” podcast interviewed Caroline Hyde of Bloomberg Television about her work as anchor of “Bloomberg Technology.” Hyde joined Bloomberg in 2008 to cover the European debt markets as a corporate finance reporter, focusing on company loans and bonds as well as sovereign debt. She said her background in public relations helps her […]
WSJ investigative reporter Mullins is leaving
Brody Mullins, an investigative reporter in the Washington bureau of The Wall Street Journal where he covers business, lobbying and campaign finance, is leaving the paper when he finishes his last story. “When that story runs, I will leave the WSJ,” said Mullins in an email. “I have a book coming out May 7 called […]
