Samson named FT’s market news editor

Adam Samson has been named markets news editor at the Financial Times. He starts his new role on Wednesday. Samson currently leads the Financial Times’ global breaking news desk with journalists in London, New York and Hong Kong. He also reports extensively on capital markets, focusing on bonds and currencies. He joined the Financial Times as […]

Bloomberg taps Lewis to cover equities

Katrina Lewis is now an equities reporter at Bloomberg covering equities with a focus on technology, media and telecom companies. She joined Bloomberg last year as a corporate finance news intern and then was a rotating reporter. She has also worked as an investing intern for the company. Previously, she has worked as an editorial […]

The Information seeks a Wall Street reporter

If you’re interested in how the capital markets work, and you love the tech industry, The Information has a job for you. We’re looking for a reporter to cover tech companies’ interactions with Wall Street: how the companies go public and how they deal with investors and Wall Street once they are public. This may […]

Balji becomes stocks team leader for Bloomberg News

Divya Balji has become an Americas stocks team leader for Bloomberg News. The other Americas stocks team leader is Kristine Owram. Balji has been in Canada for the past year writing about a variety of topics, including markets. She previously was a team leader for Asia markets, managing a team of over 20 equities reporters and […]

Business Insider seeks a markets editor

Business Insider is looking for a full-time editor to help lead the U.S. markets team. This editor will manage a team of reporters and edit copy for the U.S. desk for our Markets Insider site, a global real-time markets data destination. The site predominantly covers the stock market — bonds, commodities, crypto, currencies, and the […]

WSJ seeks a markets reporter in London

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a London­-based reporter who loves exploring the intricacies of financial markets and wants to share stories with the Journal’s three million readers from one of the most exciting cities on earth. The ideal candidate wakes up each morning wanting to decipher in real time why markets are moving […]

The impact of Zero Hedge on financial journalism

Alicia McElhaney of Institutional Investor writes about financial analysis site Zero Hedge and its place in financial journalism. McElhaney writes, “Much of financial media, including The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg — and even Institutional Investor — is either fully or partially behind a paywall. ‘The bulk of consumers and investors who need this news aren’t getting it […]

Investopedia enters audio journalism field with podcast

Investopedia announced the launch of “The Investopedia Express” podcast. It’s the 22-year-old website’s first foray into audio journalism and is dedicated to educating individual investors about current market events. Hosted by editor in chief Caleb Silver, podcast covers weekly developments for retail investors and breaks down key financial concepts listeners should keep an eye out […]

FT names Irwin-Hunt global markets editor for fDi

Alex Irwin-Hunt is now global markets editor at the Financial Times. In this role, he reports, commissions and edits for fDi Magazine, a specialist publication at the Financial Times focused on cross-border investment and economic development. He also writes news articles, features and in-depth data-driven analysis, among other tasks. Irwin-Hunt joined the FT in November […]

Thinknum seeks bankruptcy and markets editor

Thinknum Media, the world’s fastest-growing, data-driven media outlet, attracting millions of readers with it’s unique contrarian perspectives on how to get ahead as an investor, business operator and individual is looking for a market savvy editor to cover our bankruptcies & markets beat featuring unique data-driven insights on business failures and the industry disruptors. In […]