WSJ planning restructuring, layoffs in DC bureau

The Wall Street Journal is planning to restructure its Washington bureau this week, which would result in a small number of layoffs, reports Sara Fischer of Axios.

Fischer reports, “The reorganization will also move some Washington-based economics coverage to New York.

“Some of the people whose roles are eliminated will be able to apply for new jobs.

“A spokesperson for WSJ did not comment.

“Why it matters: The long-planned restructuring will be announced before the Journal’s new Washington coverage chief, Damian Paletta, officially starts next Monday.”

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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.