WSJ Washington biz editor Corrigan departing

John Corrigan, who has been the Washington business editor for The Wall Street Journal since 2018, is leaving the paper.

Corrigan is moving to the Los Angeles area to work on a book project.

Corrigan was the Journal’s China business editor from 2016 to 2018.  He was part of the team that produced its China Surveillance series, which won the Loeb Award in International Reporting, editing the stories on China’s use of facial recognition and on how its tech giants help keep tabs on citizens.

He joined the Journal after a long run at the Los Angeles Times, including stints as business editor and as assistant managing editor for arts and entertainment. He was project editor of “The Wal-Mart Effect,” winner of the 2004 Pulitzer in National Reporting, and he edited a series of stories that probed Toyota’s sudden acceleration problem, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer in 2010 and won a Loeb.

Corrigan worked as a reporter and editor at several other Southern California newspapers, including the Los Angeles Daily News and the Los Angeles Business Journal. He’s served as a board member of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, and for six years was a preliminary judge for the Loebs.