WSJ hires Hirtenstein as markets reporter in London

The Wall Street Journal has hired Anna Hirtenstein as a markets reporter in London. She was previously a reporter at Bloomberg in London, where she covered clean energy and sustainability in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Hirtenstein was also an M&A banker at Greentech Capital Advisors in Zurich and a correspondent with a focus […]

Reuters seeks a commodities reporter based in New York

Reuters is seeking an enterprising, driven journalist to join the Reuters New York commodities team to cover sugar, coffee and cocoa physical and futures markets. We are looking for a reporter who is as comfortable digging for stories on changes in international trade flows and price moves in opaque markets as they are writing big-picture stories about changes in consumer […]

Pellejero leaving Debtwire for WSJ

Sebastian Pellejero, a reporter at Debtwire covering high yield capital markets with a focus on leveraged loans, will be leaving the company to join The Wall Street Journal. There, he will take on the post of markets reporter. His new role will begin at the end of February. Previously, he was a reporter at Bloomberg. […]

Business Insider’s Khan joins WSJ as new reporter

The Wall Street Journal has hired Yusuf Khan as the company’s new reporter covering markets, finance and the economy in London. Khan will specifically be reporting for the Wall Street Journal City. Before coming to the WSJ, Khan was with Business Insider serving as a markets reporter. He has also interned at WalesOnline and the […]

WSJ hires Philly Inquirer’s McCabe to cover financial markets

Philadelphia Inquirer real estate reporter Caitlin McCabe has been hired by The Wall Street Journal to cover financial markets. She will start next month. Her last day at the Inquirer was Jan. 24. McCabe has been covering residential real estate since 2016. She previously was a suburbs reporter for the Inquirer. Her story with Grace […]

How a WSJ markets reporter uses data analysis to tell stories

The Wall Street Journal’s Women In newsletter features markets reporter Gunjan Banerji. Here is an excerpt: WSJ: What is the most challenging story you have worked on? Banerji: I was covering alleged manipulation in a popular Wall Street index—the Cboe Volatility Index—last year. In order to understand why people were saying the index was being […]

Argus names Fleming its senior vice president of news

Neil Fleming has been appointed senior vice president, editorial at Argus. Argus is a global commodity price reporting and news service. Fleming will lead editorial strategy and manage and develop the company’s coverage of commodities markets globally. Fleming brings more than 30 years of experience in energy and commodities markets to the organization. He initially […]

WSJ seeks financial markets reporter in new York

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to cover financial markets in New York. You will join a team that delivers fast, smart news and thoughtful, long-form explanatory journalism on markets and on the people and forces that influence them. We are seeking a news-driven thinker capable of explaining the complexities of finance […]

Reuters hires WSJ’s Iosebashvili to be an editor

Reuters has hired Wall Street Journal reporter Ira Iosebashvili to be an editor on its U.S. markets team. He starts Monday. He has been a foreign exchange and commodities reporter for The Journal since August 2012. Before that, Iosebashvili covered the economy for three years for the paper. In that job, he covered the Russian […]

Winck hired as markets reporter at Business Insider

Ben Winck has been appointed as Business Insider’s newest markets reporter. There, he will be covering stock moves, central bank policy, quarterly earnings, research, and the investing landscape as a whole. Previously, Winck served as reporter at Crain’s Chicago Business and as an intern at Bloomberg News. Before that he held the post of digital […]