Notable journalist and media industry moves: The New York Times: Arthur Gregg Sulzberger takes over editorial pages from Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. Sheera Frenkel, previously with BuzzFeed News, joins as cybersecurity reporter. The New Yorker: David Rohde, formerly...
Journalists on the move – Week of May 1
Notable journalist and media industry moves: The Wall Street Journal: Sarah Chacko, former senior healthcare reporter for The Hill, joins as online producer for the Central Banks and Financial Regulation team. Del Wilber, previously with The Los Angeles Times, joins...
Show, don’t tell: how to pitch experts to journalists
Last December, I spoke to the editors of Tonic, VICE Media's new health channel for Millennials. As I often do when interviewing journalists, I asked about being pitched the opportunity to talk to an expert. One of the editors offered a typical reply. “I tend to get...
Journalists on the move – Week of April 24
Notable journalist and media industry moves: The Washington Post: Michael Falcone, former Washington editor for ABC news, joins as executive producer of "Washington Post Live". The Wall Street Journal: Lara O'Reilly, former senior editor of Business Insider, joins as...
Journalists on the move – Week of April 17
Notable journalist and media industry moves: The New York Times: Ellen Pollock, former editor-in-chief of Bloomberg Businessweek, joins as "Business Day" editor. New York Magazine: Allison P. Davis, former The Ringer staff writer, joins as senior writer for "The Cut"....
Journalists on the move – Week of April 10
Notable journalist and media industry moves: The Washington Post: Marilyn W. Thompson joins as national weekend and deputy political enterprise editor. The New York Times: London bureau chief Steven Erlanger will also serve as chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe....
3 ways your competitors are using media monitoring
We’ve been in the media monitoring game for a long time, and over the years we've seen many creative and effective ways organizations and PR agencies leverage media monitoring. We'd like to share some of the most tried and true ways that organizations, even your...
Journalists on the move – Week of March 27
Notable journalist and media industry moves: Time: Mandy Oaklander moves from health writer to deputy health editor, but will continue to write health stories for the publication. Alex Altman moves from Washington correspondent to deputy Washington bureau chief. Julie...
Journalists on the move – Week of March 20
Notable journalist and media industry moves: The New York Times: Michael LaForgia, former Tampa Bay Times deputy investigations editor, joins as investigative reporter, as does Ellen Gabler, formerly with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Brian M. Rosenthal, former...
Journalists on the move – Week of March 13
Notable journalist and media industry moves: The New Yorker: James Surowiecki, financial writer, leaves. The Christian Science Monitor: News editor Mark Sappenfield replaces Marshall Ingerson as editor, who leaves. Recode: former Politico senior technology reporter...
Calling a journalist? Don’t be annoying
"They’re the bane of my existence." "I absolutely hate them." "They drive me insane." These are a few of the actual comments I’ve heard from journalists about that all-too-common PR tactic, the phone call. Among journalists’ biggest PR pet peeves, 52 per cent say cold...
Journalists on the move week of March 6
Notable journalist and media industry moves: The Washington Post: Barbara Vobejda moves from news editor to deputy managing editor. Paige Winfield Cunningham, former senior health correspondent for Washington Examiner, joins as anchor of upcoming newsletter...



