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A monthly roundup of tips, expert alerts, job opportunities, and media moves

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Media Updates

The Cision Media Research Team maintains a database of more than 1.6 million records, including social influencers, traditional media contacts, outlets, and opportunities. Here is a sampling of recent media moves. Follow the team at @Media_Moves.

Vox: Benji Jones has joined Vox as a reporter in a new biodiversity reporting initiative. He comes from Business Insider, where he was most recently an energy reporter and video producer for science before that. Prior to that, Jones was a freelancer and wrote for The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, National Geographic, and Quartz.

Axios: Stephen Totilo has joined Axios as gaming editor to launch a gaming newsletter expected to launch later this spring. Totilo is the former editor in chief of the gaming industry site Kotaku and led the site for 12 years. Before that, he spent four years at MTV News as a reporter.

Los Angeles Times: Jenn Harris is the new food columnist at the Los Angeles Times. She has worked at the paper for more than 10 years, starting as a writer and producer in the feature sections. Harris moved to the Food section in 2012 and has since served as deputy food editor, acting food editor, and most recently as senior food writer, video host, and producer.

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ProfNet Expert Alerts

Below are experts from the ProfNet network that are available to discuss timely issues in your coverage area. You can also submit a query to the hundreds of thousands of experts in our network – it’s easy and free! Just fill out the query form to get started: http://prn.to/newsletter.

Early Exposure to Career Options Gives Kids a Head Start
Ellen Langas
Spokesperson
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work® Foundation
Contact: Anita Jakab Kovacs, ibookinterviews2@gmail.com

Changing the Face of Computer Science, One Girl at a Time
Juliette Palacios
Founder, Executive Director
Computing Minds
Contact: Anita Jakab Kovacs, ibookinterviews2@gmail.com

Best practices against cyberattacks
Dan L. Dodson
CEO
Fortified Health Security
Media contact: Ashton Wilkes, ashton@andersoni.com

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Job Opportunities

The following are links to job listings for staff and freelance writers, editors, and producers. You can view these and more job listings on our Job Board: www.cisionjobs.com.

Podcast Producer
Lower Street (Remote)

Weekend/Centralized Desk Editor
Dow Jones (NY)

 

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