Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following:
Molly Ball is joining The Wall Street Journal as senior political correspondent. Molly will bring her distinctive voice and finely observed reporting to analysis pieces and political features from Washington and around the country.
Molly is joining the Journal from Time where she was the national political correspondent. In six years at Time, she wrote more than 30 cover stories; authored Pelosi, a bestselling biography; and received several national honors for her reporting, including the Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress and the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency.
Molly previously covered politics for The Atlantic, Politico and the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Molly will report to Politics Editor Ben Pershing and is based in Washington.
