Andrew Morse will become San Francisco bureau chief for Dow Jones Newswires, according to an internal e-mail from managing editor Linda Fung.
The position is a new one at Dow Jones Newswires.
Fung wrote, “In his new role, Andrew will oversee the bureau’s coverage of technology, energy and late breaking equities news in North America. Andrew starts on July 1 and he will report to me. Â
“Andrew brings to his new job a wealth of experience covering business news. He is a familiar face to many Dow Jones colleagues as he has been a Tokyo correspondent for The Wall Street Journal since 2004, where he covered investment banking, mergers and acquisitions and general financial markets.
“Prior to Dow Jones, his journalism career included working at The Daily Deal as a senior writer in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries; he was a senior news editor for The Industry Standard where he supervised four international reporters and financial news coverage on the West Coast; he covered fixed-income and banking at Bloomberg News; was a correspondent and acting deputy for corporate news at Reuters and has also worked as an international editor and reporter at The Street.com.
“Please join me in wishing Andrew the best in his new role.”
