Lachlan Cartwright and Ravi Somaiya of Breaker look at Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker’s growing issues.
Cartwright and Somaiya write, “Emma Tucker’s makeover of the Wall Street Journal continues to upset weary journalists. First came the Performance Improvement Plans (known as PIPs), next a series of ‘scary letters’ longtime staffers felt were intended to bully them into taking a buyout, then a Dow Jones executive dubbed ‘The Grim Reaper’ (‘People Business Partner’ Farris Moustafa) who took part in meetings with employees targeted for termination, and the (now infamous case) of Tucker ordering a story be ‘desurfaced’.
“Now, we have learned, Journal staffers in London who spent months organizing to form a union feel tricked by management. And staff are questioning the use of A.I, an emphasis on page views and a reliance on an audience engagement team that journalists fear will encourage clickbait.”
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