SmartMoney’s brand of personal finance
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Jonathan Dahl is editor of SmartMoney magazine, the Dow Jones & Co. monthly that competes in the personal finance category against Kiplinger’s and Time Inc.’s Money. Dahl oversaw the magazine and its Web site during the tumultuous financial crash that drew increased national attention to personal finance coverage. For 2008, the […]
Dow Jones Newswires seeking financial editor
Michelle LaRoche, the editor for training and recruiting at Dow Jones Newswires, sent out the following job request to the staff on Tuesday: Dow Jones Newswires is seeking an experienced editor to manage a dedicated group of U.S. reporters covering the financial services industry. Candidates should have proven experience in real-time financial journalism, strong writing […]
WSJ/Dow Jones editor says goodbye
Rob Wells, the deputy Washington bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, wrote a farewell e-mail to his colleagues on Friday. Wells wrote: All – This is my last day at Dow Jones Newswires/Wall Street Journal. I’m heading off to a new career as a teacher, and the first stop will […]
WSJ/Dow Jones deputy DC bureau chief leaving for academia
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Gerald Seib, the Washington bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, and Stephen Wisnefski, the senior editor for Americas for Dow Jones Newswires, sent out the following announcement to the staff Friday afternoon: Rob Wells will be leaving Dow Jones after nearly a decade in the Washington D.C. bureau to start […]
Financial News editor returns to write column
William Wright, who left his job as editor of Financial News earlier this year, has returned to the online publication to write a column on investing banking. Wright is one of the founders and was the long-standing editor of Financial News, a London-based online and print publication for the securities and investment banking industry. His […]
Dow Jones looks to relaunch investment banker product
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Rick Stine, senior editor for innovations at Dow Jones Newswires, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Wednesday: I am pleased to announce that Arindam Nag is joining the editorial product development team. In his new role, Arindam will be focused on Dow Jones Investment Banker and the relaunch […]
Bond reporter departing Dow Jones Newswires
Kellie Geressy-Nilsen, a bond reporter for Dow Jones Newswires, is leaving the operation for a job at Fitch Ratings. In an e-mail to the staff on Wednesday, she wrote: After nearly two decades, today is my last day at Dow Jones Newswires. I’d like to say a fond farewell and thank you to those I’ve […]
Why Murdoch’s handling of the WSJ is the other News Corp. scandal
Ed Wasserman, a journalism professor at Washington & Lee University, writes for the Miami Herald how changes at The Wall Street Journal since it was acquired by News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch have hurt its reputation. Wasserman writes, “Within the news world, The Journal’s shadow was long. It was admired and imitated. It pioneered styles […]
The state of business journalism
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Business journalism needs to move past simply producing market-moving news and provide analysis and a better understanding of what’s going on in the business and economic world, according to a panel of top business journalists in the country. “We have the highest possible aspirations for journalism across the world,” said Stephen […]
WSJ Europe issues with editorial didn’t surface until recently
The connection between a circulation scandal at the Wall Street Journal Europe and some editorial content in the paper didn’t surface until recent weeks, report Paul Sonne and Bruce Orwell of The Journal. Sonne and Orwell write, “The Dow Jones investigation didn’t identify the problems with the editorial component of the ELP deal that led […]
