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Bloomberg Media has tapped British mathematics professor and author Hannah Fry to front a new series for its Quicktake streaming service and bolster its slate of original shows, reports Alex Ritman of The Hollywood Reporter.

Ritman reports, “Fry, a regular on U.K. radio and TV, will host The Future With Hannah Fry, which will launch on Feb. 22 and explore science, technology and people on the ‘cusp of the most transformative breakthroughs of our age,’ according to producers. The show is set to bring subjects into sharper focus through interviews and explainers, as well as field visits with scientific experts and technology leaders in facilities around the world, exploring breakthroughs across themes such artificial intelligence, crypto, climate, chemistry and ethics.

“‘I’m genuinely obsessed with helping people better understand science and maths’ daily impact on our everyday lives, and we’re working with Bloomberg to bring that to an

Reuters has tapped Joanna Plucinska to serve as a European airlines and travel correspondent, based in London.

Plucinska will cover airlines, the travel market, tourism, aviation, sustainability and travel trends. She will also work with a team of reporters who cover aerospace, the commercialization of space and the broader transport team.

Previously, she served as a political and general news correspondent. She was a technology reporter at Politico, where she wrote and reported for its Morning Tech newsletter, and she worked freelance. She was a reporter/video producer at Time Magazine.

She interned at Columbia Journalism Review and Ottawa Life Magazine.

Plucinska has a bachelor’s degree from Queen’s University and a master’s degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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Seven-time Gerald Loeb Award winner Allan Sloan became successful because he learned how to write about complicated business topics in a way that the average person could understand.

“I loved being able to explain to people hat’s going on in the world that they should know,” said Sloan, who spoke Tuesday night during a webinar sponsored by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.

Sloan, who has won more Loeb Awards than anyone else, worked for the Charlotte Observer, the Detroit Free Press, Newsweek, the Washington Post, Fortune and Forbes. His first Loeb was in 1975 for utility rates. His second was in 1985 for Forbes, and his last was in 2008 for Fortune.

“I am what I am,” said Sloan. “I can figure stuff out, and I work well with others despite my Brooklyn characteristics. I just love figuring stuff out and explaining it.”

When he left

Washington Post climate & environment editor Zachary Goldfarb and climate & environment deputy editor Juliet Eilperin sent out the following on Monday:

We’re pleased to announce Michael Coren is joining The Post as the writer of “Climate Coach,” a new column and newsletter that will help readers navigate the choices they face when seeking to live a more climate- and environmentally friendly life.

Michael comes to The Post from Quartz, where he was a deputy editor leading a team covering climate, technology and economics. As a reporter, his work has focused on the end of the road for traditional automakers, an emerging price on carbon, the simple math behind Elon Musk’s companies and why it’s profitable to waste solar energy. His recent Pulitzer Center-backed investigation sparked congressional hearings on how lead in aviation fuel is poisoning a new generation of Americans and allowed readers to visualize air traffic

Mark Stenberg of Adweek writes about Harvard Business Review’s success in boosting digital subscriptions.

Stenberg writes, “The publisher, which marked its 100th anniversary in October, has capitalized on the economic uncertainty of the last few years by parlaying its reputation as a source of business insights into an uptick in paying readers.

“Since launching a tiered subscription offering in 2019, the 116-person outlet has accumulated roughly 116,000 digital subscribers, more than one-third of its total subscriber base of 328,000 paying readers, according to Sarah McConville, the executive vice president, group publisher at HBR.

“‘We tend to do well, as a business, during economic downturns,’ McConville said. ‘During Covid, we saw our readership rise because there is a flight to quality. If you are a business leader or someone focused on managing through uncertainty, you want to spend your time with someone giving you trusted advice.’”

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