New beats for Dow Jones DC reporters
Rob Wells, the Washington bureau chief for Dow Jones Newswires, and Mark Anderson, the deputy bureau chief, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Thursday: Please join us in congratulating Maya Jackson Randall, Jared Favole and Jeffrey Sparshott on new beat assignments in the Washington bureau. Maya will cover national economic issues with […]
New beat for Dow Jones reporter
Rob Wells, the Washington bureau chief for Dow Jones Newswires, made the following announcement to the staff on Friday afternoon: I am pleased to announce a new beat and promotion for Mike Crittenden. He is now reporting full-time on foreign exchange-related and economic issues as a member of the economy team. He will work closely […]
Dow Jones names new deputy ME
Linda Fung, managing editor of North American equities at Dow Jones Newswires, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Friday: I am pleased to announce that George Stahl has been promoted to Deputy Managing Editor of the Dow Jones News Service. George has done a superb job in strengthening our news-breaking abilities in […]
Beat changes at Dow Jones
Dow Jones Newswires assistant managing editor Bob McGough sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I’m happy to announce Dave Benoit will be joining the U.S. financial services reporting team as a reporter covering commercial banks, working alongside veteran banking reporter Matthias Rieker. Dave will take the place of Marshall Eckblad, who is moving to […]
Dow Jones/WSJ seek editor overseeing currency, economy and fixed income
Deborah Brewster, the deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following message to the staff on Thursday: Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal seek a seasoned journalist to help direct economic, currency and fixed-income coverage in the U.S. The candidate will manage a diverse staff of reporters, editors and […]
Big biz media companies are hiring
Representatives from three of the largest employers of business journalists — Bloomberg, Dow Jones and Reuters — said Saturday morning that they are looking to grow by adding more reporters and editors to their staffs. “Throughout the entire economic downturn, we have been building and growing,” said Karen Toulon, the New York bureau chief for […]
Dow Jones names new top editor for Americas
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson sent out the following announcement to the staff on Thursday afternoon: I’m delighted to announce that Steve Wisnefski will become Senior Editor, Americas, for Dow Jones Newswires. He will take on many of the editorial oversight responsibilities now held by Gabriella Stern and Rick […]
Dow Jones CEO touts gains
Les Hinton, the CEO of Dow Jones & Co., sent a memo to the Wall Street Journal‘s staff on Wednesday about the results from the changes made to the paper. Hinton wrote, “Total print and online revenue for The Wall Street Journal are up more than 17% in the fiscal 2011 first quarter when compared […]
DJ Newswires hires energy reporter
Ángel González, the Houston bureau chief of Dow Jones Newswires, made the following announcement on Monday afternoon: I am pleased to announce that Ryan Dezember has joined Dow Jones Newswires as an energy reporter in the Houston bureau. No stranger to the Gulf Coast, Ryan spent 8 years covering the tourism industry and coastal real […]
Dow Jones names new CFO
Dow Jones & Co. CEO Les Hinton sent the following announcement to company employees on Monday afternoon: Today we are announcing a transition in our Finance and associated groups. Kevin P. Halpin is joining as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Stephen Daintith departs to pursue a new opportunity outside News Corp. Kevin knows […]
