DeCambre named new editor in chief at MarketWatch.com
Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following on Thursday: Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Mark DeCambre will be our new MarketWatch editor in chief, starting March 21. In this role, Mark will be responsible for shaping coverage amid volatile markets and shifting reader habits, as well as finding innovative ways to serve a […]
Forbes Advisor hires Riquier to cover housing and mortgages
Forbes Advisor has hired MarketWatch.com reporter Andrea Riquier to cover mortgages and the housing market. She had been covering the housing market at MarketWatch.com but most recently had ben covering the exchange traded fund beat for the publication. Riquier has been with MarketWatch.com for nearly four years. Prior to that, she worked as a reporter for Investor’s Business Daily, Debtwire and Bloomberg. […]
MarketWatch.com seeks a personal finance reporter
MarketWatch seeks a reporter for its personal finance team who can filter the news of the day through a single question: What does this mean for me and my money? It’s what readers of every news story wonder on some level, and in a financial climate with boundless opportunity for bad decision making, answering it […]
MarketWatch.com seeks a markets reporter
Rising inflation, COVID chaos and economic uncertainty! What a time to cover financial markets! MarketWatch seeks a reporter who can separate the news from the noise and distill the break-neck swings in stocks and bonds into smart, punchy prose. Speed is important here, but we’re also interested in candidates who are accurate and can make […]
WSJ parent reports increase in earnings, revenue
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, reported its second quarter revenue rose 14 percent and its earnings rose 32 percent on circulation and advertising growth. The results are released as part of parent company News Corp.’s results. Revenue rose 14 percent to $508 million and earnings rose […]
USA Today hires Buchwald to cover personal finance and markets
Elisabeth Buchwald, a personal finance reporter at MarketWatch, has left to join USA Today to cover personal finance and markets. Buchwald joined MarketWatch in 2018 as an intern covering personal finance, economics and retirement. She has also interned at CNBC and written for the Business section of MediaFile about topics pertaining to the business of […]
MarketWatch.com hires Perkins as deputy editor of commerce
MarketWatch.com has hired Maddy Perkins to be deputy editor of commerce. She was director of editorial operations at Arizent. She has led in the establishment of best practices in editorial operations across all 10-plus Arizent titles, including American Banker, The Bond Buyer, Financial Planning and Accounting Today. She also has acted as editorial project lead on all cross-brand/cross-title editorial projects including but not limited to […]
MarketWatch.com columnist Gold retiring from business journalism
Howard Gold, who writes the “No-Nonsense Investing” column for MarketWatch.com, is retiring from business journalism after 38 years. He previously worked for Forbes, American Lawyer and Barron’s, among other publications. He has been at MarketWatch for the past 11 years. He plans to finish a novel he started in his 20s. Gold writes, “My passion […]
Barron’s Group seeks a newsletter writer
Barron’s Group is seeking a general assignment reporter who will provide real-time analysis of the biggest business and economic news of the day and will serve as a primary contributor to a premier newsletter produced by Barron’s and MarketWatch. Rather than reporting straight news, this reporter will focus on distilling what readers really need to […]
Dow Jones/WSJ delays return to work until March 2022
The Dow Jones & Co. staffers received the following announcement on Wednesday: We are all becoming familiar with the fluidity of the Covid-19 pandemic and its continuing impact on our personal and professional lives. It hasn’t been easy. The good news is that despite the unpredictability, many of us have begun to reunite with our […]
