WSJ hires Ebeling to cover “death and taxes” beat

Ashlea Ebeling

The Wall Street Journal has hired Ashlea Ebeling to cover the “death and taxes” beat, a new personal finance coverage area.

Ebeling has been a senior contributor at Forbes since March 2020. She previously was at Forbes dating back to February 1997 as an associate editor.

She also worked at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of he Press.

Ebeling holds a bachelor’s degree from Duke University, a master’s degree from Columbia University and a law degree from William & Mary.

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.