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WSJ hires Molad as senior director of shows

August 6, 2026

Posted by Chris Roush

Leital Molad

Aja Harris of The Wall Street Journal sent out the following on Thursday:

Dear all,

I’m pleased to share that Leital Molad will join The Wall Street Journal as Senior Director of Shows to help us shape our approach to audience-first, multimedia storytelling.

Leital is an experienced audio journalist, producer and editorial leader. She joins the Journal most recently from WaitWhat, where she was Head of Podcasts, and previously served as SVP of Content Development at Pushkin Industries. She also held executive producer and showrunner roles at First Look Media and WYNC, and teaches audio journalism and podcasting at the School of Visual Arts.

Leital will report to Samantha Henig, our new Head of Multimedia, and joins the newsroom on August 24.

Please join me in welcome Leital to the Journal.

Best,

Aja

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