Lina Batarags

CEO

London, United Kingdom13 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led award-winning teams across multiple countries.
Expert in editorial strategy and team management.
Pioneered Business Insider's first Asia bureau.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media Executive with a strong focus on editorial leadership and team development.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipEditorial ManagementBureau LaunchContent StrategyCommunity EngagementTeam LeadershipCreative StrategyProject CoordinationClient ManagementJournalism

Other Skills

EditorialAudience StrategyHiring StrategyTeam ManagementEditorial StandardsTeam BuildingProcess EstablishmentProject ManagementContent CreationEvent ManagementCultural OutreachScholarship DevelopmentAnalytics CollaborationCreative ExpansionTraining

About

I'm a journalist and newsroom leader with a nose for the stories readers do not want to miss. I've built, scaled, and managed successful teams in New York, Singapore, and London. I'm currently based in London, where I oversee editorial, audience, and hiring strategy for Business Insider's international teams. Before this, I spent 5 years in Singapore after moving there in 2021 to launch Business Insider's first Asia bureau. Under my leadership, BI’s Singapore bureau grew into an award-winning team that covers global breaking news and regularly produces deep, differentiated reporting about workplaces and careers, business and economy, and life, money, and retirement in Asia. - Systems thinker with experience establishing and scaling operations - People manager who consistently coaches green talent into power players - Skilled editorial lead on features, analyses, trend stories, and breaking news - Headline writer with a strong story-packaging sense I'm comfortable leading business, news, and lifestyle teams. Thematically, I like to explore the ways people work, spend, and retire, particularly through the lenses of workplace and careers, small business and economy, and global mobility. US and EU citizen.

Experience

13 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Business insider

4 roles

International Executive Editor

Promoted

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos

I lead Business Insider's international teams in London and Singapore.

EditorialAudience StrategyHiring StrategyLeadershipEditorial Management

Bureau chief, Singapore

Promoted

Jun 2022 – Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

I lead editorial, audience, and hiring strategy for Business Insider in Asia.
Over the past 4.5 years, I have hired, trained, and led a highly effective team of reporters and editors across business, news, and lifestyle beats in Singapore. I work with our teams in Los Angeles, Singapore, and London to cover the biggest news stories of the day, assign angles and edit stories, maintain our editorial standards, and make sure information makes it to all our global teams.
Under my leadership, BI's Singapore bureau has become an award-winning team of journalists who cover global breaking news and regularly produce deep, differentiated reporting about business and economy, workplaces and careers, and life, money, and retirement in Asia.

EditorialAudience StrategyHiring StrategyTeam ManagementLeadershipEditorial Management

Managing Editor, Singapore

Dec 2020 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

Launched Business Insider's first Asia bureau. In collaboration with the bureau chief, built a bureau that embodies and executes on BI's core ethos, voice, and editorial mission.
Major accomplishments:
Closed BI's 24-hour news cycle by establishing processes, standards, and communication lines between 4 time zones
Recruited, hired, and trained the bureau's first 10 hires across news, business, and lifestyle desks
Led the bureau's business and lifestyle desks, leading on topics including breaking business news, corporate coverage, real estate, personal finance, and travel.
Grew a network of freelancers that allowed us to amplify a diverse range of voices

Editorial ManagementTeam BuildingProcess EstablishmentBureau Launch

Senior Editor, Executive Lifestyle + Travel

Jul 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Built a new business lifestyle vertical for Business Insider.
Defined beats including: real estate, travel, generational wealth, billionaire lifestyles and financial habits.
Assigned and edited daily news articles, trend stories, features, and investigations.
Recruited, trained, and managed a team of reporters and editors.

Editorial ManagementTeam ManagementContent CreationContent Strategy

Littlethings.com

2 roles

Deputy Editor

Promoted

Jun 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater New York City Area

Managed editorial team and freelancers as the company matured out of startup stage.
Worked alongside analytics managers to ensure all reports hit monthly publishing and traffic goals.
Oversaw monthly editorial calendar and team growth. Set goals, ran reviews, provided feedback and direction.

Editorial ManagementTeam LeadershipAnalytics Collaboration

Senior Editor

Dec 2014 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · Greater New York City Area

Joined media startup as one of its first editorial hires. Helped define beats, train talent, and identify opportunities for creative expansion.
Ran pitch meetings, assigned and edited stories in a high-velocity newsroom.
Wrote and A/B tested 25+ headlines a day, mastering the art of social publishing.

Editorial ManagementCreative ExpansionTrainingCreative Strategy

Ridgewood medical media llc

Project Coordinator

Dec 2013 – Dec 2014 · 1 yr · Ridgewood, NJ

Managed projects that touched editorial, marketing, and sales teams. Designed PR outreaches and email marketing campaigns. Served as company's primary client-facing production contact.

Project ManagementClient CommunicationMarketing CampaignsProject CoordinationClient Management

American latvian youth association

American Latvian Youth Association

Nov 2012 – Nov 2019 · 7 yrs

President // November 2017 - November 2019
Represented organization at international events. Worked with Baltic American leaders to spearhead cultural events.
Developed scholarship programs for members and led external outreach.
Secretary // November 2014 - November 2017
Led quarterly board meetings and ran internal communications.
Managing Editor // November 2012 - November 2014
Curated, commissioned, and wrote stories for international nonprofit’s newsletter.

Event ManagementCultural OutreachScholarship DevelopmentLeadershipCommunity Engagement

Various

Freelance journalist

Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs

Wrote more than 700 articles on cultural, political, and international news on tight deadlines. Contributed headlines and pitches for front-page material.

Content CreationDeadline ManagementJournalism