WSJ union asks for explanation of Cheng firing

Selina Cheng

IAPE 1096, the union that represents journalists at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following on Thursday:

On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, the Board of Directors of IAPE, TNG-CWA Local 1096 learned that management at The Wall Street Journal terminated the employment of Selina Cheng.
Selina, a reporter in WSJ’s Hong Kong bureau, has recently been elected President of the Hong Kong Journalists Association.
While IAPE only represents employees of Dow Jones & Company — publisher of The Wall Street Journal — located in the United States and Canada, the Union is always concerned when Dow Jones chooses to terminate the employment of colleagues, no matter where they are based. We were very sorry to hear this news from Selina.
IAPE calls on WSJ management to provide a full explanation for its decision to dismiss Selina and supports calls for Selina to be restored to her WSJ position.
IAPE will continue to monitor this situation.

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.