The Wall Street Journal has hired Business Insider executive editor John Cook as its deputy editor for investigations.
He has been at Business Insider since 2019. Most recently, he was 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.
