WSJ EIC Tucker: Job openings for those laid off in DC
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Monday: Dear all, The restructuring that we announced last week in the Washington bureau has been difficult, I know, to many of you across our newsroom—especially to those who worked closely on many stories over many years with those who were directly impacted by […]
WSJ seeks an economics reporter in Houston
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to cover the economy in the western U.S. The U.S. economy is a hodgepodge of regions, cities, states, neighborhoods. To understand it, we need to be talking to the people, business owners and government officials who live in them. We’re looking for a reporter who, guided […]
WSJ seeks an economics reporter in Atlanta
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to cover the economy in the eastern U.S. The U.S. economy is a hodgepodge of regions, cities, states, neighborhoods. To understand it, we need to be talking to the people, business owners and government officials who live in them. We’re looking for a reporter who, guided […]
WSJ seeks an economics reporter in New York
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to cover the U.S. economy. There’s never been a more fascinating – or important – time to cover this boundless topic. Unemployment, spending and inflation data all tell us that the economy is in good shape. The people living in it say otherwise. There are countless […]
WSJ deputy economics editor Morath departs
Eric Morath, the deputy economics editor at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following to his colleagues: Dear Friends, Today was my last day at The Wall Street Journal. It has been a true honor to work with such talented journalists. I’ll miss you dearly. It was a dream come true to work here. […]
Economics reporter Harrison among the WSJ layoffs
Wall Street Journal reporter David Harrison was among the layoffs in the Washington bureau. He had been at the paper since May 2015 and covered the Federal Reserve and the economy. Harrison previously was a contributor to The Economist and a staff writer for Congressional Quarterly. He also worked as a reporter for the Roanoke Times in […]
Economics reporter Omeokwe among the WSJ layoffs
Wall Street Journal economics reporter Amara Omeokwe was among the layoffs in the Washington bureau on Thursday. Before joining the Journal in 2019, she was at “Morning Edition,” NPR’s flagship morning program. Previously, she worked for Time Warner Cable News in North Carolina as a video journalist/reporter covering general assignment and breaking news stories. Omeokwe shot, wrote, narrated […]
How China censors bad economic news
Daisuke Wakabayashi and Claire Fu of The New York Times write about how the Chinese government censors bad economics news. Wakabayashi and Fu write, “Mr. Xiao, the research scientist, said he started noticing in the latter half of 2023 that Chinese censors were quicker to take down many financial news articles. Among them: a December article on […]
Bloomberg Canada hires Zhao-Murray as economics data editor
Bloomberg’s Ottawa bureau has hired Jay Zhao-Murray to be its economics data editor. He starts Feb. 5. He has been a foreign exchange analyst for Monex Canada for the past two years. Previously, he was a research assistant at the Bank of Canada and a consultant at MNI. His commentary has been featured by news outlets that […]
Politico moves Smith-Meyer to senior finance correspondent
Politico Europe fintech correspondent Bjarke Smith-Meyer has been named senior finance correspondent, where he will cover the political world of finance and the economy. He has been with Politico since 2016 and spent the last two years covering financial technology and crypto. He started off covering regulatory risk and policy decisions that target financial services […]
