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David Halbfinger
Steven Nelson
Gabby MorrongielloThe New York Times has appointed David Halbfinger, a 20-year veteran at the paper, as its next Jerusalem bureau chief. Currently the deputy national editor at the Times, Halbfinger began his career there as a copyboy, moving through reporting positions in its metro, national and culture sections before serving as an editor in metro and politics. He succeeds Ian Fisher, who has been with the Times for 28 years.
The Washington Examiner added Steven Nelson and Gabby Morrongiello to its newsroom. Nelson comes to the paper from U.S. News & World Report and before that was an associate editor at news and opinion website The Daily Caller. Morrongiello, who previously worked as White House correspondent for the Examiner was most recently DC bureau chief for the New York Post.
The Atlantic promoted Matt Thompson and Adrienne LaFrance. Thompson, who has been deputy editor of TheAtlantic.com since 2015, is moving into a new role as executive editor, with oversight of all cross-platform projects. Before joining The Atlantic he worked as deputy web editor for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, and built and ran the Fresno Bee’s news blog. LaFrance will move from staff writer to the editor’s spot at TheAtlantic.com, succeeding J.J. Gould. She joined The Atlantic in 2014 and before that worked for Honolulu Civil Beat, Nieman Lab, Boston NPR member station WBUR and Digital First Media.
The New Yorker tapped Dan Oshinsky to take the newly created position of director of newsletters. Previously director of newsletters at BuzzFeed, Oshinsky begins at The New Yorker Aug. 7. He will work with the magazine’s editors, writers, web producers, designers, and product and audience teams to improve its existing lineup of newsletters and launch both new newsletters and other digital products.
USA TODAY brings on Jamie Stockwell as VP of news, effective March 30. Stockwell was most recently deputy managing editor of news for the Washington Post... YouTube expands its likeness detection capabilities to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates... The AP Fund for Journalism adds 50 news organizations to its local news program, bringing the total number of participating newsrooms to 100. 
Versant Media Group, the NBCUniversal cable TV spin-off, today reported its first financial results as 2025 revenues dipped 5.3 percent to $6.7B and standalone EBITDA dropped 9.1 percent to $2.2B.
Trump Media & Technology Group is discussing a spin-off of the Truth Social platform following the expected closing of its $6B merger deal with TAE Technologies... Condé Nast sells off Them, the digital LGBTQ-focused platform it launched in 2017, to Equalpride, publisher of Out, The Advocate, Out Traveler, Health PLUS Wellness and Pride.com... CBS News has parted ways with longevity influencer Peter Attia, one of the 19 contributors that editor-in-chief Bari Weiss brought on as part of her plan to present a wider variety of voices on the platform. 
Symbolic.ai forms a partnership with News Corp to begin using the company’s AI-native publisher platform in the newsrooms of News Corp publications to augment research, writing and publishing... Mediaite launches a newsletter that promises to give readers a summary of—media newsletters... The Fund for American Studies launches the Journalism Excellence Fellowship, a program that will provide promising young journalists the opportunity to work alongside top writers, reporters, and media professionals.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which has roots going back to 1786, is going out of business, the paper’s owners, Block Communications, announced on Jan. 7... GQ editor Will Welch is stepping down to take on a new Paris-based role with the musician Pharrell, who is also men’s creative director at Louis Vuitton... Semafor says it has raised $30 million on a $330 million valuation, following its first profitable year. 
