Marketwatch.com names Linnane to oversee investing/corporate news coverage

Marketwatch.com editor in chief Glenn Hall sent out the following announcement on Monday: I am pleased to announce that Ciara Linnane will be returning to MarketWatch to oversee our investing/corporate news coverage. As many of you know, Ciara was part of the MarketWatch team from 2003-2007, serving as both markets editor and co-bureau chief in […]

Marketwatch.com names new columnist

Marketwatch.com editor in chief Glenn Hall sent out the following announcement: I’m excited to announce that we are bringing on a new columnist with deep expertise in data analysis and investing strategies. Philip van Doorn has a track record of delivering market-moving analysis as a senior analyst at TheStreet.com and TheStreet Ratings since 2007. Prior […]

MarketWatch.com seeks reporter to cover startups

MarketWatch.com seeks a reporter to cover the world of startups with an entrepreneurial energy and innovative mindset befitting the subject. The beat should be approached three ways: 1. As a personal finance/career story (should I mortgage my home and drain my 401(k) to get this company off the ground?). 2. How the news of the […]

Jaffe: Biz journalists need to use data with personal examples

Business journalists need to be able to decipher complicated data and be able to explain what that data means through the use of personal examples, a senior Marketwatch columnist said Wednesday night. “Data driven reporting is quantitative and unemotional,” said Chuck Jaffe, who primarily writes about mutual funds. “Bringing it home gets the story out […]

Marketwatch.com seeks investing columnist

MarketWatch.com is looking for a market data expert who can crunch numbers and mine databases to uncover unique investing insights. The right candidate will have experience using multiple corporate and market data sets to assess the financial strength and weakness of publicly traded companies. This role requires experience conducting stock market research and an understanding […]

Marketwatch.com seeks reporter to cover consumer crime

MarketWatch.com is seeking a personal finance reporter to cover consumer crime. As the recent Target data breach shows, these days, a few lines of code can pick more pockets than a few thousand street thugs. A whole universe of information may be one Google search away, but consumers have never felt more confused about how […]

Interim Dow Jones CEO: We will invest in journalism

William Lewis, the interim chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following message to the staff on Monday: It has been two weeks since I was appointed Interim CEO, and I wanted to write to thank the many people across the company who have […]

Union leader to Dow Jones employees: We will get best deal

Bob Kozma, the president of the Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees, the union that represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and Marketwatch.com, sent out the following note to its members: First we had the Bancrofts as owners. Now we have the Murdochs. We have endured Peter Kann and Rick Zannino […]

Dow Jones names head of digital design

Himesh Patel has joined Dow Jones to lead the digital design of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch and Barron’s. Patel was previously the creative director of London-based Telegraph Media Group, where he spearheaded the design of the Daily Telegraph newspaper and the award-winning Telegraph.co.uk website and apps. “My goal at Dow Jones is to add zest and modernity to the […]

Marketwatch.com seeks personal finance/real estate reporter

MarketWatch seeks an aggressive, Web-savvy reporter who can help filter the news of the day through a single question: “What does this mean for me and my money?” It’s what readers of every news story wonder on some level, but this reporter will focus primarily on the single biggest financial decision most people make in […]