Rest of World, a website that covers technology and its impact around the globe, has retracted a story from its website headlined “Fake news verification tools fail the test during elections in India” published last week. Editor in chief Anup Kaphle writes, “As part of our reporting for this story, Rest of World ran an experiment by sending AI ..read more

Ana Pereira is now a full-time reporter on the Toronto Star business news desk. She has been interning since September 2023. Periera said on LinkedIn she will be reporting on a little bit of everything, but now with greater focus on how the banks, insurance companies and pensions are shaping the lives of Canadians. She previously ..read more

Christine Mai-Duc, a reporter covering state politics, housing and the economy from The Wall Street Journal’s Los Angeles bureau, was among the layoffs on Thursday. Her stories highlight nation-leading policies and trends in the nation’s most populous state and largest economy, examine the causes and implications of the housing crisis, and provide vignettes of life ..read more

By Ted Merz When Joe Mysak was fired as the editor of the The Bond Buyer in 1994, the staff stood on their desks and applauded as he left the building. He appreciated the homage to the scene in “Dead Poets Society,” a film which had come out a few years earlier. It seemed a ..read more

Erin Ailworth, known for her disaster coverage at The Wall Street Journal, was among the layoffs Thursday as the company disbanded its U.S. News coverage team and its regional bureaus. She would have hit her 10-year anniversary at the Journal in August. Erin most recently worked as the Journal’s New York City reporter and was ..read more

Ashby Jones has been named deputy economics editor at The Wall Street Journal. Jones has worked as deputy coverage chief for U.S. news for The Journal since 2019. From 2016 to 2019, Jones ran the Journal’s legal coverage and worked on a team of reporters and editors awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. Earlier ..read more

Zack Guzman has been hired to be executive producer of “The Street Roundtable.” He will remain hosting and reporting at Coinage, which he founded after leaving Yahoo Finance. “I’m essentially doubling down on covering crypto and Web3 and super excited to help TheStreet identify the best stories in crypto,” said Guzman in a message to ..read more

Miguel Bustillo has been named deputy standards editor at The Wall Street Journal. He has been U.S. news coverage chief. Bustillo was formerly the Journal’s global energy and climate editor and previously served as an editor in charge of national news in the western U.S. Before that, he was a reporter covering retailers such as Walmart ..read more

Digiday has hired Sam Bradley as a senior reporter covering marketing. He previously was at The Drum, writing about the business of advertising and marketing agencies across the world. He had been at The Drum for more than six years. Bradley also worked at Press Data as a news researcher. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Edinburgh ..read more

David Folkenflik of NPR looks at the Wall Street Journal layoffs and the performance of the publication. Folkenflik writes, “Earlier this month, News Corp told investors its profitability rose slightly against its performance a year ago. And The Journal’s corporate division, Dow Jones, attained 5 million paying digital subscribers for the first time. “‘It’s extremely disappointing that the ..read more