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Unionized journalists behind The New York Times’s Wirecutter have unanimously approved a new three-year contract. Wirecutter Union workers had been working under an expired contract since Feb. 28. Highlights of the contract include a new wage floor of $66,300, wages increases ranging from 9.5% to 18.5% over the life of the contract, a $3,000 ratification ..read more
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Chase Rogers, who covers transportation for the Austin American-Statesman, is moving to the Dallas Morning News as a breaking news reporter. He previously covered local government and environmental issues for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in South Texas. Before then, he was a crime and courts reporter for the Victoria Advocate. At the Caller-Times, he produced ..read more
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Studies show a negative bias in U.S. coverage of the economy and gas prices, particularly cable news, as the tone of economic news moves away from reality, reports John Burn-Murdoch of the Financial Times. Burn-Murdoch writes, “Data from the US Federal Reserve shows the same tell-tale pattern we have grown used to with crime: people assess their ..read more
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Bloomberg Law has hired Aruni Soni to cover intellectual property law. She most recently has been a markets fellow for Business Insider. She recently graduated from Columbia University with a degree in economics. She has previously worked at the Boston Globe, Bloomberg Law and Investigate Midwest. Soni also worked at the Des Moines Register ..read more
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Robert Libetti, an executive producer for The Wall Street Journal where he leads video investigations and documentaries, has been named a Nieman Fellow. He will study the intersection of open-source research, traditional journalism and documentary filmmaking. Libetti’s team has produced video investigations about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, TikTok’s algorithm, and the war in ..read more
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Peter Campbell of the Financial Times is moving to an editing position to help oversee UK election coverage. He has been the FT’s global motor industry correspondent, based in London. He led the FT’s coverage of the industry and works with a team of local correspondents around the world to cover the major car makers ..read more
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The “Fox Business Rundown Podcast” is launching on May 20. Available on Monday and Fridays, listeners will hear what is trending in business news from Fox Business Network anchors and correspondents. including Taylor Riggs, Kelly O’Grady and Lydia Hu. The podcast will feature business headlines, along with trending topics such as inflation, artificial intelligence, and economic ..read more
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The Financial Times has tapped Kana Inagaki to cover the global motor industry. Inagaki is currently the Tokyo bureau chief for the FT. Previously, she served as Tokyo correspondent. Inagaki also covered tech in Tokyo for The Wall Street Journal. She has also covered the foreign exchange and stock markets as a business reporter for Kyodo News ..read more
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New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Thursday: We’re excited to announce that Rebecca Elliott of The Wall Street Journal will be joining the Business desk as an energy reporter based in New York. Rebecca has covered Tesla for more than three years. Previously, she spent almost three years as a Houston-based ..read more
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By Emily Flitter and Chris Reese Robert Gibbons, a journalist known for his reports on the energy industry and his adventures in rock ‘n’ roll, which included touring Europe with the band the Velvet Underground, died on April 20. He was 68. The cause was lung cancer, according to his wife, Lisa Del Greco. In ..read more