Here you have it! The most notable journalist and media industry moves of the past week.
USA AND CANADA
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News and Media
Bloomberg News: hires Ali Stratton (@_AliStratton_) as a Reporter focusing on food, retail and other consumer-related companies.
Buffalo News: hires Josh Barnett (@byjoshbarnett) as Executive Sports Editor.
Houston Chronicle: hires Erica Grieder (@EricaGrieder) as Metro Columnist, effective in October. Paul Takahashi (@paultakahashi) join as same.
New Yorker, The: Susan Glasser (@sbg1) is now writing a twice-monthly politics column for the website. She will focus on the domestic impact of Trump administration actions. She will continue to write her international-affairs column for Politico.
Reuters: hires Paresh Dave (@peard33) as Tech Reporter. He will focus on Google and its related companies including YouTube and Waymo.
Vox.com: promotes Lauren Williams (@laurenwilliams) to Editor-in-Chief, replacing Ezra Klein, who moves to Editor-at-Large. Director of programming Allison Rockey (@AllisonRockey) is now Executive Editor and Director of Editorial Strategy.
Wall Street Journal: hires Michael R. Gordon as a National Security Reporter, effective in mid-November. He will focus on the Pentagon and the State Department. Julie Bykowicz (@bykowicz) joins in early October to cover money and politics. She’s based in D.C. Dan Kruger (@TheRealDFK) joins as a Reporter covering Treasury bonds and currencies. Allison Prang (@AllisonPrang) joins as a Breaking News Reporter, effective Oct. 5. Ian Talley (@iantalley) is now covering economic sanctions, terror finance and other topics related to global illicit finance.
Broadcasting
CNN: hires Veronica Rocha (@VeronicaRochaLA) as an Online Breaking News Reporter.
KOIN-TV: hires Justin Burton (@jburtonnews) as Assistant News Director.
KUOW-FM: hires Jill Jackson (@jacksonjk) as News Director.
SiriusXM: hires Megan Liberman (@meganliberman) as Senior VP for News, Talk and Entertainment.
WRIC-TV: Parker Slaybaugh leaves, effective October 4.
Business and Commerce
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance: promotes Anne Kates Smith (@AnneKatesSmith) to Executive Editor.
Consumer Lifestyle
Lifetime: hires Faye Penn (@fayepenn) as VP of Editorial.
New York Times Magazine: launches “On Medicine,” a monthly column by physician and author Siddhartha Mukherjee. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.”
Culture, Entertainment and the Arts
Advertising Age: underwent a major redesign and rebranding. It’s now known officially as “Ad Age.” Editorial changes include the incorporation of “Creativity” as a vertical section in the print edition.
UK
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News and Media (National)
Daily Mail: Natasha Wynarczyk (@tash_wynarczyk) has been appointed Assistant Editor, Good Health.
Fabulous: Laura Jackson (@Journojacko) has been named Acting Lifestyle Editor.
Financial Times: Paul Murphy (@murphyp) has been named Investigations Editor. Madison Marriage (@miss_marriage) has been appointed Accounting and Tax Correspondent.
Guardian Guide, The: Harriet Gibsone (@harrietgibsone) has been named Deputy Editor.
Independent, The: Matthew Murphy (@Matt__Murphy) has been named Acting Video Editor.
Mail on Sunday: William Turvill (@wturvill) has been appointed City Reporter.
Sun Online, The: Hollie Borland (@HollieBorland) and Robert Goodman (@robgood4) have been appointed Digital Consumer Reporter and Senior Digital Consumer Reporter respectively.
Sunday Times Style: Scarlett Russell (@ScarRoseRussell) has been named Entertainment Editor. Phoebe McDowell (@PhoebeJMcD) has been appointed Assistant Beauty Editor. Sarah Jossel (@SarahJossel) has been named Beauty Director.
Sunday Times Magazine, The: Marina O’Loughlin (@MarinaOLoughlin) has been appointed Restaurant Critic.
News and Media (Regional)
Ham and High Series: India Block (@indiablock) has left.
Metro.co.uk: Pascale Day (@Pas__) has been appointed Entertainment Reporter.
Press and Journal, The: Neil Drysdale (@NeilDrysdale) has been appointed Chief News Features Writer.
Thomson Reuters: Lee Manion (@leemannion) and Julien Ponthus (@JulienReuters) have been appointed Social Enterprise Correspondent and Stock Markets Correspondent respectively.
Broadcasting
5 News: Katherine Nash (@knash85) has been appointed Presenter and Reporter.
BBC Asian Network: Arif Ansari (@BBC_Arif) has been named Political Editor.
Consumer Lifestyle
Boots Health & Beauty Magazine: Charlotte Grant-West has left.
Business Traveller: Jenny Southan (@JennySouthan) has left.
Candid Magazine: Harry Mills has been named Lifestyle Editor.
Deezen.com: India Block (@indiablock) has been appointed Reporter.
Glamour: Rebecca Fearn (@Bfearn25) has left.
GQ: Vaness Kingori has joined Vogue as Publisher.
i-on Aberdeen: Lucy Cruickshank (@ion_magazine) has been appointed Digital Content Executive.
SheerLuxe.com: Charlotte Collins (@SheerLuxe) has been promoted to Fashion Editor.
Stylus: the fashion and Beauty sections have split. Lisa Payne (@L_tothe_Payne) is Editor of Beauty. Emily Gordon (@emilyeverything) is Senior Editor of Fashion.
Vogue: Giles Hattersley (@GilesHattersley) has been named Features Director.
You & Your Wedding: Hollie Bond is on leave. Hannah Davies (@HannahGDavies) is covering.
Healthcare and Medicine
Digital Health: Laura Stevens (@LauraStevens22) has left.
Technology and Telecoms
Hot Stuff: Matt Tate (@MattWTate) has been named Hot Stuff Editor.
UKTechNews: Yessi Bello Perez (@yessibelloperez) has been appointed Editor.
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