National News
Rick Flaste, former senior editor for special projects at The New York Times, joins The Los Angeles Times as features editor. Phone the editorial desk at 213/237-7000 ... Keith
Bradsher, Detroit bureau chief for The New York Times, is on book leave and will return next year as foreign correspondent. Danny Hakim, business reporter, takes over Bradsher's
coverage of the automotive industry. Email [email protected] or fax 734/332-8996 ... Susan Strother Clarke, business writer for The Orlando
Sentinel, no longer covers small business and manufacturing for the business section. She now covers media, broadcasting and advertising and writes general assignment stories.
Email Strother Clarke at [email protected] ... Conway Gittens' title at Reuters Television changes from
reporter/producer to financial markets reporter. He provides live stock market reports from the NYSE and Nasdaq MarketSite. Email conway.gittens@reuters. com ... Holly Hayes'
title at The San Jose Mercury News changes from assistant managing editor, features, to home and garden writer. Email [email protected]. Steve Wright, assistant managing editor, features, assumes Hayes' former editorial duties. Email [email protected] ... We reported on Sept. 24 that Carrie Bell of Us Weekly left the magazine and that she would continue freelancing
for the 'zine, but Matthew Graham has taken over the West Coast event coverage, and Bell no longer contributes to the pub. Email Graham at [email protected].
Business/Financial
Gene Koretz, economic trends editor for BusinessWeek; Seymour Zucker, senior editor; and William Wolman, chief economist, retire. No replacements yet named. In the interim,
Michael Mandel and Peter Coy, economics editors, edit the Economic Trends column. Mandel also provides the pub's economic coverage. John Templeman assumes Zucker's coverage of
Wall Street, finance and investments. Email [email protected], [email protected]; phone Templeman at 212/512-2251.
Technology
Sarah Caldwell Hancock, managing editor for InfoWorld, leaves. No replacement yet named. Email inquiries to the deputy managing editor: kristen_crockett@infoworld. com. (Media
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