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WSJ hires Passy as travel beat reporter

May 11, 2022

Posted by Chris Roush

Jacob Passy

The Wall Street Journal has hired MarketWatch.com reporter Jacob Passy to cover the travel beat.

He has been with MarketWatch for the past five years.

Passy previously was a reporter with National Mortgage News covering breaking news in the residential mortgage industry. He has been with SourceMedia since 2015 and previously served as a breaking news reporter for American Banker.

His work has appeared in numerous publications, including CNBC, NBC News, Public Radio International’s The Takeaway, and the Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy blog.

He is a graduate of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and Tufts University, where he was features and new media editor for the Tufts Daily.

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