Joe Weisenthal
{{Short description|American journalist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Joe Weisenthal
| image = Joe Weisenthal 2012.jpg
| caption = Weisenthal in 2012
| birth_name = Joseph Weisenthal
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|9|2}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = University of Texas, Austin (BA)
| occupation = Journalist, presenter, podcaster
| years_active = 2004–present
}}
Joseph Weisenthal (born September 2, 1980) is an American journalist, television presenter and podcaster. He is the executive editor of news for Bloomberg's digital brands, the co-anchor of What’d You Miss? on Bloomberg Television, and co-host of the Odd Lots podcast with Tracy Alloway on Bloomberg Podcasts.{{cite web |title=Joe Weisenthal {{!}} Bloomberg Media Talent {{!}} Bloomberg L.P. |url=https://www.bloombergmedia.com/talent/people/joe-weisenthal |website=Bloomberg L.P. |access-date=20 September 2018}}
Early life and education
Joseph Weisenthal was born on September 2, 1980, in Detroit, Michigan.{{cite web |last1=Weisenthal |first1=Joe |title=Joe Weisenthal on Twitter: "Thanks all for the nice birthday wishes!" |url=https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1301163802122223616 |website=Twitter |access-date=July 23, 2021 |language=en |date=September 2, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Weisenthal |first1=Joe |title=Ha, born in Detroit |url=https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1237468060954615808 |website=Twitter |access-date=July 8, 2021 |language=en |date=March 10, 2020}} He is Jewish but has stated although he does not understand Hebrew, he goes to shul to “disconnect from the broader world and experience something timeless and ancient”.https://www.twitter.com/thestalwart/status/1416049536875831298?s=46 He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002 with a degree in political science.{{cite web |last1=Weisenthal |first1=Joseph |title=About Me - The Stalwart |url=http://www.thestalwart.com/about.html |website=TheStalwart |access-date=July 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328154828/http://www.thestalwart.com/about.html |archive-date=March 28, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Weiss-Tisman |first1=Howard |title=Brattleboro grad to join Bloomberg |url=https://www.reformer.com/local-news/brattleboro-grad-to-join-bloomberg/article_704a13c5-1f6d-54e7-83d7-ac833bca36e0.html |website=Brattleboro Reformer |access-date=October 1, 2021 |date=November 28, 2014}}
Career
In 2004, Weisenthal co-created the markets blog TheStalwart.com with his friend Vincent Fernando, which published discussions about current stocks, finance, business, and economics.{{cite web |title=Joe Weisenthal - Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/author/joe-weisenthal |website=Business Insider |access-date=July 8, 2021}} Weisenthal wrote for the technology news blog Techdirt as an analyst between March 2006 and September 2007.{{cite web |title=Joe Weisenthal - Editor - Bloomberg |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-weisenthal-3a04a23 |website=LinkedIn |access-date=July 8, 2021}}
In October 2008, Weisenthal joined Business Insider as lead financial blogger covering markets, finance, and economics,{{cite news |last1=Appelbaum |first1=Binyamin |title=Joe Weisenthal vs. the 24-Hour News Cycle |work=The New York Times |date=10 May 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/magazine/joe-weisenthal-vs-the-24-hour-news-cycle.html |access-date=21 September 2018 |language=en}} and in February 2013, became executive editor of the website.{{cite web |last1=Stelter |first1=Brian |title=Business Insider Names Joe Weisenthal Executive Editor |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/business-site-elevates-an-editor |website=The New York Times |date=18 February 2013 |access-date=July 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308150730/http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/business-site-elevates-an-editor/ |archive-date=March 8, 2013}}
In October 2014, Weisenthal left Business Insider and joined Bloomberg L.P. the same month as managing editor of Bloomberg's online markets and finance coverage,{{cite web |title=Bloomberg Names Joe Weisenthal Managing Editor of Bloomberg Media's Markets Coverage |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/company/press/bloomberg-names-joe-weisenthal-managing-editor-bloomberg-medias-markets-coverage |website=Bloomberg L.P. |access-date=July 23, 2021 |date=October 21, 2014}} running the newly created Bloomberg Markets website.{{cite web |last1=Zeitlin |first1=Matthew |title=Can Joe Weisenthal Change Bloomberg Before Bloomberg Changes Him? |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/matthewzeitlin/can-joe-weisenthal-change-bloomberg-before-bloomberg-changes |website=BuzzFeed News |access-date=July 23, 2021 |language=en |date=November 17, 2014}}
In June 2015, Weisenthal joined the newly created markets show What'd You Miss?, which he co-anchored with Alix Steel on Bloomberg Television.{{cite web |last1=Steinberg |first1=Brian |title=Bloomberg TV's New Show 'What'd You Miss' Aims for Broader Crowd |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/bloomberg-tv-whatd-you-miss-joe-weisenthal-1201528392 |website=Variety |access-date=July 23, 2021 |date=June 25, 2015}} The show is named after one of Weisenthal's most often-used expressions, "What'd I miss?", which he tweets almost every morning.{{cite web |last1=Byers |first1=Dylan |title=Bloomberg lifts curtain on Weisenthal show |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/06/bloomberg-lifts-curtain-on-weisenthal-show-209510 |website=Politico |access-date=July 23, 2021 |language=en |date=June 25, 2015}} As of July 2021, the show is co-anchored by Weisenthal, Caroline Hyde, and Romaine Bostick.{{cite web |title=What'd You Miss? - Bloomberg Markets |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/btv/series/whatd-you-miss |website=Bloomberg Television |access-date=July 23, 2021}}
Since 2015, Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, an executive editor for Bloomberg News based in Hong Kong, have co-hosted the business and finance podcast Odd Lots, which as of 2021 is released twice a week on Monday and Thursday, on Bloomberg Podcasts and other podcasting platforms.{{cite web |last1=Alloway |first1=Tracy |last2=Weisenthal |first2=Joe |title=Odd Lots Podcast: Tom Keene on Mathiness and His Favorite Guitar |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-06/odd-lots-podcast-tom-keene-on-mathiness-and-his-favorite-guitar |website=Bloomberg News |access-date=July 23, 2021 |date=November 6, 2015}}{{cite web |title=Odd Lots - Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/oddlots |website=Bloomberg News |access-date=July 23, 2021}}
In November 2016, Weisenthal became the executive editor of news for Bloomberg's digital brands.{{cite web |last1=Sandberg |first1=Jared |title=Joe Weisenthal takes new role as Bloomberg Digital's Executive Editor of News |url=https://www.bloombergmedia.com/blog/joe-weisenthal-takes-new-role-as-bloomberg |website=Bloomberg L.P. |access-date=July 23, 2021 |date=November 15, 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|TheStalwart}}
- [https://www.bloombergmedia.com/talent/people/joe-weisenthal Joe Weisenthal] at Bloomberg L.P.
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Category:American television hosts
Category:American television journalists
Category:University of Texas at Austin alumni
Category:Bloomberg L.P. people