John Cook, the deputy investigations editor at The Wall Street Journal, has let after two years, reports Lachlan Cartwright of Breaker.
Cook joined The Journal in September 2024. He had been at Business Insider since 2019, overseeing investigations, politics, features and defense coverage.
Cook has been a reporter and an editor for more than 25 years, serving as executive editor of Gawker Media, editor-in-chief of The Intercept, and founder of Gizmodo Media Group’s investigations team, the Special Projects Desk.
He has written or worked for The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times Magazine, Slate, Columbia Journalism Review, The Los Angeles Times, and many other outlets.
He also taught magazine writing at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
