Good morning! Here are some career updates from the journalism community:
- Karen Mendez will be news director for WNJU in New York. Previously, she was news director for KXTX in Dallas. (Rick Gevers)
- Alan Rusbridger will be a visiting professor at the Asian College of Journalism. Previously, he was editor of The Guardian. (The Hindu)
- Jim Hopson is now interim publisher of The Columbus Dispatch. Previously, he was interim publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. (New Media Investment Group)
- Nicole Carrico is now head of content collaborations at Upworthy. Previously, she worked at Discovery Communications. Jennifer Lindenauer is now vice president of marketing at Upworthy. Previously, she was senior vice president of marketing and communications at The Guardian. Ben Zagorski is now chief revenue officer at Upworthy. Previously, he was publisher at The Daily Beast. (Upworthy)
- Drew Olanoff is now a senior writer at TechCrunch. Previously, he was director of global communications at EyeEm. (TechCrunch)
Job of the day: Twitter is looking for an editorial lead. Get your résumés in! (Twitter)
Send Ben your job moves: bmullin@poynter.org