BONUS EDITION Biz Buzz for June 2007: Sloan moves on

By Chris Roush croush@email.unc.edu

SLOAN JOINS FORTUNE

Allan Sloan, previously Newsweek’s Wall Street editor, leaves the magazine to become senior editor at large for Fortune magazine. He starts with Fortune on July 1.

Sloan is a six-time winner of the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award, business journalism’s highest honor, and has also won numerous awards and honors during his 35-year business journalism career. In 2001, he received both the Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award for business and financial journalism and the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

In addition to his Loeb and Hancock awards, Sloan’s honors include being named regularly to lists of the nation’s most-influential and most-respected business journalists. He was named an alumnus of the year in 1999 by the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

Prior to his 12-year run at Newsweek, Sloan was a columnist at Newsday and also held positions at Forbes and Money, among other titles. His business journalism career began with the Charlotte Observer in 1969.

He currently contributes to Public Radio International’s “Marketplace,” whose “Sloan Sessions” are broadcast Monday mornings, and frequently appears as a commentator on the PBS television program, “Nightly Business Report.”

NEW BIZ EDITOR IN BOSTON

Shirley Leung, an assistant biz editor responsible for the Sunday biz section of The Bostion Globe, succeeds Caleb Solomon as biz editor. Solomon, in turn, becomes an AME for the paper in charge of high-impact, front-page stories.

In a memo, Globe editor Martin Baron said the changes were driven by efforts to “stimulate more distinctive journalism for our front page.”

Leung, Baron said, “has fashioned the Sunday Business section into a lively, consumer-friendly destination for readers while providing strong daily leadership for our retail, travel, and consumer news coverage.”

Leung, 34, came to the Globe in 2004, after six years as a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal in its Chicago, Los Angeles and Boston bureaus. She also worked as a staff reporter at the Globe and Baltimore Sun. She holds a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies from Princeton University. She is president of the New England chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association.

Solomon, 48, joined the Globe in 2003, after nearly two decades as an editor and reporter at the Journal. During Solomon’s tenure, the business section won several national awards as well as produced several finalists for the Gerald Loeb Award, considered the top prize in business journalism. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Columbia College and a master’s in journalism from Columbia University.

NEW ME FOR WSJ ASIA

Wall Street Journal outgoing ME Paul Steiger names Christine Glancey as ME of The Wall Street Journal Asia, succeeding Ann Podd, effective Aug. 1, according to a memo.

Glancey is currently chief of the global copy desk, leading the team of 50-plus editors in South Brunswick who edit and write headlines for all three editions of the Journal. In this role she has collaborated on teams responsible for projects such as the WSJ 3.0 redesign, the overseas compact redesign, and the Saturday Journal launch.

Since joining the paper in 1988, Glancey has served in various editing roles on the news desk in New York, including night editor; news ed for technology, health and telecom; and deputy national editor.

Steiger wrote, “In these roles she has long helped guide the Journal’s daily coverage and set priorities for what gets in the paper and where. She and her predecessor as global copy chief, Jesse Lewis, showed brilliant leadership in rebuilding and reinvigorating the desk in the aftermath of its move to South Brunswick in 2001.”

A native New Yorker, Glancey holds a master’s in English literature from Columbia in 1995 and a bachelor’s in journalism from St. John’s University in 1988. In her new post she will report to deputy ME John Bussey and will be based in Hong Kong.

CORRIGAN PROMOTED – AGAIN

SABEW board member John Corrigan becomes deputy biz editor at the Los Angeles Times, filling the slot being vacated by Henry Furhmann, according to a memo from biz editor Davan Maharaj.

It’s Corrigan’s second promotion in the past two months. Earlier, he was bumped from senior markets editor to senior news editor in the department.

Maharaj wrote, “In his new position, John will be involved in launching the daily business report, helping to ensure that we’re on the stories of most interest and significance to our readers. He’ll also oversee the section’s coverage of residential real estate and continue to play a role in developing projects and in coordinating cover stories for our recently improved Sunday Business section.”

Corrigan joined the business section in 2001. With a bachelor’s degree in fine and communication arts from Loyola Marymount University, he had hoped to become a screenwriter and documentary filmmaker. Unable to crack the documentary business, he got hooked on reporting stories for the Daily Sundial, the student paper at Cal State Northridge, where he earned a second bachelor’s degree. Corrigan previously worked at the Los Angeles Business Journal, the Los Angeles Daily News and the Orange County Register.

Arthur Buckler has takes over from Corrigan as the new financial markets editor. Previously senior copy chief, Buckler is now responsible for coverage of markets, personal finance, banking and Wall Street.

PHILLY ASSISTANT EDITS PHILLYINC

Tom Ginsberg, who has covered the pharmaceutical industry for the Philadelphia Inquirer, becomes an assistant business editor for the paper, according to an e-mail from business editor Tony Gnoffo.

Ginsberg’s primary responsibility, said Gnoffo, will be to ”manage and write portions of our irreverent new online and print column, PhillyInc.” That’s the column in the business section sponsored by a local bank that has drawn criticism from journalism ethicists who argue that the sponsorship hurts the paper’s credibility.

Ginsberg will handle many other backfield tasks, “working as the key assigning editor for two or three reporters and helping to assure that we deliver top-notch reporting online and in print. We wanted Tom for this job largely because he’s brimming with ideas about new ways to reach our audience.”

Added Gnoffo: ”Many of those ideas will be tested on PhillyInc and on our Web site. Of course, we also wanted to have on the desk Tom’s news judgment and smarts developed over 10 years of reporting for The Inquirer on the pharmaceutical industry, labor, immigration and N.J. statehouse, and before that in multiple domestic and foreign Associated Press bureaus, including Stockholm and Moscow. Between Inquirer and AP assignments, Tom has reported from 21 countries (some with bullets flying, which we hope won’t be an issue on the Business Desk).”

BOSS WATCH

Carol Marie Cropper has recently joined The Dallas Morning News as an assistant biz editor. Previously, she wrote for BusinessWeek from its Atlanta bureau, then edited medical news at WebMD in Atlanta…Damon Darlin becomes tech editor at the New York Times…Jeff Zimmer leaves his business editor slot at the Durham Herald-Sun in North Carolina to become a senior research associate at Durham-based Best Practices LLC…Crain’s New York Business hires two new AMEs. Carmen Fleetwood joins from Dow Jones Newswires, where she worked since 1994 as a reporter, assistant news editor, assistant managing editor and special writer. Robert Hordt joins from the Asbury Park Press where was biz editor since 1990. Both will work on the paper’s report sections as well as edit staff stories for the web and print edition…Amanda Long, assistant ME for the Washington Business Journal, leaves to join a Canadian-based retailer…Pittsburgh Post-Gazette biz editor Steve Massey becomes AME/features at the paper. He’s replaced on an interim basis by Brian Hyslop, formerly associate editor of biz.

UPPER EAST SIDE

Megan Johnston, previously a reporter with Forbes, joins FinancialWeek to cover banking and asset management….Laura Schreier joins the Hartford Business Journal to cover real estate after working as a freelancer for the Dallas Morning News…Dawn Wotapka Hardesty leaves Long Island Business News to cover real estate for Dow Jones Newswires. The paper hires David Winzelberg to replace her on the real estate beat…Bruce Meyerson joins BusinessWeek Online as a reporter. He previously wrote for the Associated Press in New York City, where he covered telecommunications…Ben Worthen leaves his position as senior editor of CIO magazine for The Wall Street Journal…Eduardo Porter, formerly a reporter for The New York Times covering economics, joins the paper’s editorial team.

WAY DOWN SOUTH

Jim Stinson becomes a biz reporter for the Nashville Business Journal, covering commercial real estate and manufacturing. He has been at the Post-Tribune in Gary, Ind. Also, Cynthia Yeldell joins the Nashville business weekly to cover banking and finance after working as a biz reporter for the News-Sentinel in Knoxville. …Jere Downs joins the Louisville Courier-Journal’s biz desk to cover autos and manufacturing…Recent Florida A&M graduate Will Brown joins the Tallahassee Democrat as a staff writer for the Business and Growth section….Biz reporter Bethany Fuller leaves the Lynchburg News & Advance in Virginia.

MIDWEST MOVES

Jason Roberson joins the Dallas Morning News to cover health care. He previously had written about the auto biz at the Detroit Free Press…David Kesmodel joins The Wall Street Journal’s Chicago bureau as a reporter. Most recently he was writing a book and working as a tech reporter for www.wsj.com… Eric Olsen becomes biz editor of the Kane County Chronicle in Illinois. In addition, the paper hires biz reporter Jonathan Bilyk…David Sterrett joins Crain’s Chicago Business from the North County Times in San Diego. He’ll cover consumer products and food companies, including McDonald’s, Kraft, Sara Lee and Wrigley.

WEST COAST WAVES

As part of its financial belt-tightening, the San Diego Union-Tribune cuts its personal finance column, which Lynn O’Shaughnessy writes on a freelance basis for the Sunday business section. The newspaper plans to replace it with a syndicated column from the Washington Post.

GOING TO THE GLOSSIES

Eva Rodriguez, Washington bureau chief of BusinessWeek, leaves to join the editorial board of The Washington Post…Geoff Lewis, previously group editorial director at Penton Business Media, where he ran Folio and several other titles, becomes executive editor of Fortune Small Business…Robert Scoble joins Fast Company as a monthly columnist covering business. He blogs at Scobleizer and is the co-author of “Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers.” SmartMoney hires Dan Burrows from MarketWatch to cover small caps and to write the “Under the Radar” Column…Ismat Mangla, previously a reporter at Marketwatch, becomes a general assignment reporter at Money.

WEBSITE WATCH

Lawrence Carrel joins TheStreet.com as a senior writer covering personal finance and mutual funds. He was previously a columnist/reporter for SmartMoney.com where he created two weekly columns. Mike Gannon joins TheStreet.com as an associate editor. He was previously assistant metro editor for Gannett’s Journal News in Westchester. Jack Karp joins TheStreet.com as a copy editor. And Elizabeth Trotta joins the online news web site as a staff reporter covering biotech. She previously wrote for Investment Dealers’ Digest…Joris Evers leaves his post as a senior writer for Cnet after two years with the site. No replacement has been named. He joins McAfee’s PR department.

THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE

Diana Henriques of The New York Times received the New York Financial Writers’ Association’s Elliott V. Bell Award, given “to an outstanding journalist for a significant long-term contribution to the profession of financial journalism.” Henriques, a SABEW board member, has worked at the Times since 1989. Before that, she wrote about business for Barron’s and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

BACK TO SCHOOL

Mark Vamos, former editor-in-chief of Fast Company and a former senior editor of both Newsweek and BusinessWeek, becomes the William J. O’Neil Chair in Business Journalism and senior lecturer at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He will start in August with the beginning of the fall term. Vamos will teach business journalism and media management and will coordinate the new business journalism program in the Meadows School Division of Journalism with new business and financial reporting programs at the Cox School of Business. He also will coordinate the ongoing William J. O’Neil Lecture Series in Business Journalism, a program that each semester brings outstanding business journalism professionals to the SMU campus.

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Posted May 31, 2007