WSJ lays off five on standards and ethics team

The Wall Street Journal laid off five people on its standards and ethics team last week when it named Elena Cherney as the new head of standards and ethics.

The layoffs affected four in New York and one in London:

— Christine Glancey, deputy editor of newsroom standards, who had been with the Journal for more than 35 years. She had been managing editor of WSJ Asia and global training editor.

— Rob Rossi, a standards editor who had been with the Journal for more than 24 years. He previously had been a news editor on the national news desk.

— Rick Brooks, a standards editor who had been with the Journal for 30 years. His duties included pre-publication review of sensitive articles, videos, graphics and other content, and newsroom training focused on the Journal’s rigorous journalistic standards.

— Sarah Rabil, a standards editor. She previously an editor for Life & Work. Before that, she was the assistant managing editor for talent, overseeing hiring, recruiting, career path development and internship programs for the newsroom.

— Richard Boudreaux, a standards editor in London. He was previously the Journal’s Madrid bureau chief, responsible for Spain and Portugal, and a reporter in the Moscow bureau, covering Russia and other republics of the former Soviet Union.

Corrections & correspondence editor Judi Walsh remains on the team. Her previous positions include international editions editor, deputy copy chief and assistant managing editor, international.

The laid off editors were told that they can apply for other WSJ newsroom jobs.

Editor in chief Emma Tucker received questions about the layoffs at a town hall on Friday and said that the layoffs were made to refocus the team as part of a restructuring.

Previous standards and ethics editor Emma Moody left the publication earlier this year.