WSJ personal finance editor Olshan is departing

Jeremy Olshan, the personal finance bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal, is leaving the news organization.

“I’m excited for what’s next and am seeking collaborators,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “I want to tell stories in new ways. To leverage AI at the intersection of news, education, and entertainment. To help people deepen their understanding, retain more information, and lead richer lives.

Before joining the Journal, Olshan led MarketWatch as editor in chief since 2014, more than tripling its audience and collecting awards along the way. He was previously MarketWatch’s personal finance editor, writing stories ranging from the financial wisdom of 19th century novels to the relative hedonic value of buying Hamilton tickets vs. a Vitamix.

Before joining Dow Jones in 2011, he was a reporter at the New York Post covering politics, transportation, crime and entertainment. He coined the term “Octomom” and got then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg to admit he’s a cheapskate.

Olshan is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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.