Graff, WSJ’s justice and judiciary editor, among the layoffs

James Graff, the justice and judiciary editor at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following on Thursday afternoon:

This is my last day at The Wall Street Journal, as it is for many others in the D.C. bureau. I started late here–just under 10 years ago–but from Day One it’s been an education in ethical, incisive, compelling journalism. I can’t begin to thank all the people I’ve loved working with, from the old world desk to the pub desk to the DC bureau. I owe a particular debt to my gifted and beloved reporters on the justice and judiciary team, from whom I’ve learned so much and with whom I’ve had an absolute blast.

Graff previously worked as executive editor of The Week and before that for Time, where he headed bureaus in Ottawa, Vienna (Central Europe coverage including the wars in Yugoslavia), Chicago, Brussels and Paris and was a senior editor in London.