Matt departs WSJ for a new opportunity

Frank Matt

Frank Matt, a senior video journalist on The Wall Street Journal’s specials team, where he produces enterprise video stories, video investigations and documentaries, has left for a new opportunity.

Matt’s work with his colleagues on the specials team has earned four Emmy nominations. He produced the Journal’s first feature-length documentary, “31 Days in March,” about Covid-19’s impact on American business.

His other projects at the Journal include an investigative series about Amazon’s marketplace, a documentary about global supply chains, and video investigations on TikTok’s algorithm and the Proud Boys’ role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Prior to joining the Journal, Matt produced episodes of “Explained,” Vox Media’s docuseries for Netflix.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.