Bill O’Boyle of The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania profiles Wall Street Journal reporter C. Ryan Barber, a native of the region.
O’Boyle writes, “In 2015, Barber moved to Washington, D.C., to be with his girlfriend at the time and now-wife, Tarini Parti, who has worked at the Wall Street Journal since 2019. The couple met while attending University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They now have one child and are expecting another.
“‘It was daunting to drop into the competitive news environment that is DC, but at the National Law Journal, I found myself falling back on my local news experience and applying those fundamentals to Washington and its legal community,’ Barber said. ‘With the help of an amazing editor and mentor in Mike Scarcella, I tried to approach the Justice Department, courts and legal industry the same way I’d covered past beats. In the past decade, some of the biggest stories have happened to fall within my beat, and it’s been rewarding and exhilarating to cover high-profile investigations and trials.’
“At the Wall Street Journal, Barber’s beat covers legal affairs, the current Administration/White House, federal law enforcement, and all that goes with it.
“Prior to joining the Wall Street Journal, Barber reported on the Justice Department and federal law enforcement for Insider and the National Law Journal.”
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