OLD Media Moves

WSJ names new M&A editor

June 7, 2011

Posted by Chris Roush

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE

Jamie Heller, who had been the investing editor at The Wall Street Journal for the past three years, has been named the mergers and acquisitions editor, a spokeswoman for the paper confirmed Monday night.

She replaces Dennis Berman, who became corporations editor.

Before becoming the investing editor in July 2008, Heller spent two years as the paper’s law editor. She was also online deputy managing editor and assistant managing editor for five years.

Before joining the Journal, Heller worked for TheStreet.com, where she was editor of strategic ventures and also had other roles. She also had a year-long stint as a reporter for Smart Money magazine.

Heller, who has a bachelor’s in government from Dartmouth and a law degree from Yale, also worked for a year at the Rutland Herald in New Hampshire and spent another year with the Connecticut Law Tribune.

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