Notable journalist and media industry moves:
- San Francisco Business Times: begins ‘BioFlash’, a biweekly biotech podcast hosted by reporter Ron Leuty.
- CNBC.com: deputy managing editor, Jeff Nash, upshifts to managing editor.
- Reuters: Wall Street editor, Linda Stern, upshifts to financial regulation editor, effective August 1. Stern will relocate from New York to Washington.
- The Denver Post: upshifts team leader Lee Ann Colacioppo, to editor and will replace Gregory L. Moore, who left.
- Politico: onboards Reuters economics and politics reporter Megan Cassella, who will report on international trade.
- Inside Washington Publishers (IWP): Todd Wilson, associate editor, will leave June 23 for a communications job with the National League of Cities. In his absence, pitches can be sent to chief editor Donna Haseley or associate editor Erin Durkin.
- The Wall Street Journal: technology reporter Bob McMillan moves to the cybersecurity beat. Rachael King, “CIO Journal” reporter, will take on McMillan’s old role covering cloud computing and software-as-a-service.
- Kansas City Star: reporter Steve Vocrodt from The Pitch joins as business reporter.
- Las Vegas Review-Journal: Jim Wright, deputy editor, leaves, former Dallas Morning News assistant business editor Peter Johnson will replace Wright. Reporter Bethany Barnes will move to a position at The Oregonian as of June 17.
- NBC News: onboards Bloomberg News international correspondent, Hans Nichols, as Pentagon reporter.
- Time: upshifts assistant managing editor Susana Schrobsdorff to chief strategic partnerships editor. Dan Stewart, deputy news editor, moves to Europe editor; Charlie Campbell, associate editor, moves to Beijing correspondent; and Nate Hopper, associate editor, moves to opinions editor for Time Ideas.
- Chicago Sun-Times: onboards Crain’s Chicago Business columnist Shia Kapos as Taking Names gossip columnist and blogger, effective June 20.
- Mashable: onboards Billboard associate editor Erin Strecker as deputy entertainment editor. Keith Wagstaff joins as associate editor.
- Refinery29: Megan Cahn, senior beauty editor, leaves.
- Bloomberg News: onboards former 9to5Mac senior editor Mark Gurman as a reporter who will cover technology products; Gurman will be based in San Francisco. Cordell Eddings, corporate finance reporter, leaves.
- San Francisco Chronicle: freelancer Kate Galbraith joins as assistant business editor.
- CNN: former New York Times TV industry reporter, Bill Carter, joins as media reporter.
- WDBJ-TV-Roanoke, VA: executive producer David Hughes from WFLA-TV-Tampa, FL, joins as news director effective July 11. Hughes replaces Kelly Zuber, who retired.
- Sports Illustrated: Paul Fichtenbaum, group editor, will leave June 30.
- The Street: USA Today editor-in-chief, David Callaway, joins as CEO and will replace Larry Kramer, who will remain as non-executive chairman of the board. Patty Michalski, USA Today managing editor, will act as interim editor in Callaway’s place.
- Sports Illustrated: upshifts managing editor Chris Stone to group editor of Sports Illustrated, SI Kids, and Golf. Stone replaces the outgoing Paul Fichtenbaum.
- Connecticut News Project: Salon editor David Daley onboards as CEO and publisher.
- Greenville (S.C.) Journal: onboards David Dykes as senior business reporter and who will also contribute to Upstate Business Journal.
Washington Business Journal: Robert Terry, managing editor, leaves to become editor-in-chief at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton.
