Steven Sloan will leave American Banker on Feb. 19 where he served as a reporter covering the Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He has taken a position with CQ Today, CQ Weekly and CQ.com as a reporter covering financial services. His first day in his new role will be Feb. 22. For more information, contact 202-419-8500.
Aaron Zitner has been named politics editor for The Wall Street Journal and will join the Washington bureau in March. He currently serves as deputy bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times Washington bureau. Zitner has been with the LA Times since 2000. Before that, he was a reporter for The Boston Globe. For further details, call 202-824-8200.
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Dan Neil is set to join The Wall Street Journal as an automotive columnist on Feb. 16, with his first column for the paper appearing in April. He comes from the Los Angeles Times, where he served as an automotive columnist for the business section, as well as an advertising columnist. For additional information, call 212-416-2000.
U.S. Banker magazine has named Bonnie McGeer as managing editor for the publication. She comes from American Banker magazine, where she served as a deputy editor for community banking. For additional information, call 212-803-8200.
Suzanne Zionts and Justin Mannato have joined Varney & Company on FOX Business Network. Zionts has been named the editorial producer and booker and previously was a booker for FOX News Channel's afternoon programming. Mannato has been named producer and previously was a FOX News day producer since July 2008. Contact 212-301-3000 for further details.
Amanda Cantrell and Anastasia Donde have joined AR magazine. Cantrell has re-joined the publication as managing editor and previously served as a senior writer in 2005. Donde is a staff writer and previously was managing editor of AR's sister publication Money Management Letter. Donde can be reached on Twitter at http://twitter.com/AnaDonde. Contact 212-224-3455 for more information.
healthsystemCIO.com has launched as a blog dedicated to healthcare CIOs. It provides news, interviews, advice and experiences from professionals and aims to serve the information needs of healthcare CIOs. Anthony Guerra is the editor, and he previously was the editor in chief of Healthcare Informatics. Guerra can be reached on Twitter at http://twitter.com/anthony_guerra. Visit http://healthsystemCIO.com for further details.
The Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph has had a few editorial shifts, including Dave Berry being upped from managing editor to editor. Other title changes include Brian Pearson, previously business editor, being named managing editor overseeing news; Danny Mogle, previously assistant managing editor, named managing editor overseeing operations; Richard Loomis, former assistant managing editor, named senior editor; Tom Mitsoff, former Web site editor, named assistant managing editor; Megan Middleton, previously education reporter, named city editor. These changes coincide with another staffing move, as previously reported on The Navigator. Contact 903-597-8111 for further details.
Several staff changes are taking place at the Los Angeles Times, effective on Feb. 8. City weekend editor Stephanie Chavez will become an assistant national editor. Pop music and DVD editor Gina McIntyre will move up to deputy film editor. Staff writer Alex Pham will depart the business desk, where she covers technology, consumer electronics and video games, and switch to the arts and entertainment group, covering digital entertainment and the cultural impact of new media. National staff writer Kate Linthicum will switch to a metro staff writer. For more details, call 213-237-5000.
Joe Chidley stepped down as editor and associate publisher, special projects units, for Maclean's and Canadian Business. He had been in this role since 2009 and previously served as editor in chief for Canadian Business from 2000 to 2009. For more details, call Maclean's at 416-764-1300 and Canadian Business at 416-764-1200.
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