WSJ’s Volz named Kiplinger fellow

Wall Street Journal reporter Dustin Volz has been named a fellow in The Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism at Ohio University. The journalists will be on campus March 24-28 and have residence at the Ohio University Inn while attending workshops on artificial intelligence in Schoonover Center and Alden Library. “This fellowship in AI produced a record […]

Washington Post hires former WSJ ME Pensiero as standards editor

Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Thursday: I’m delighted to share the news that Karen Pensiero will be joining The Post in January as our Standards Editor, a new masthead position reporting to me. Karen, the former managing editor at The Wall Street Journal, is passionate about fair, ethical and independent journalism. […]

Western, formerly with WSJ, joins NY Times in Soeul

New York Times international editor Phil Pan sent out the following on Wednesday: We’re excited to announce that Neil Western has joined The Times’s Asia news hub in Seoul as an editor guiding coverage of Japan and the Koreas. Neil is an accomplished editor and an experienced Asia hand whose work spans some of the […]

WSJ seeks a senior news editor

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a high-energy news editor for a role at the heart of our newsroom. You will work collaboratively with our bureaus and breaking news team to ensure we are first or fast on the stories that matter most to our readers. You will be part of a tight-knit team of […]

Bloomberg hires Caldwell to cover immigation

Alicia A. Caldwell

Bloomberg News has hired Alicia Caldwell to cover immigration. She will start in January. Caldwell covered immigration for The Wall Street Journal, with a focus on everything from border security to the impacts of immigration inside the U.S. She joined the Journal from the Associated Press in August 2017. She has reported on immigration since 2005, starting […]

WSJ promotes Ossola to host/producer of “What’s News”

The Wall Street Journal has promoted Alex Ossola to host/producer for “What’s News.” Ossola has been an audio reporter and producer covering science and tech for The Journal’s “Future of Everything” podcast. Before joining the Journal, Ossola ran podcasts and special projects at Quartz and was the managing editor at Futurism. She has written about science for […]

WSJ hires Cushing as senior video journalist

The Wall Street Journal has hired Belle Cushing as a senior video journalist for enterprise video. She has been a freelance investigative and story documentary producer. Cushing has made documentaries, shorts, and news specials for platforms including HBO, Showtime, Hulu, The Marshall Project, and Vice. Her work has taken her to Latin America, Europe, North Africa, and […]

WSJ names Thomas its lead deals reporter

Lauren Thomas has been named lead deals reporter at The Wall Street Journal. She is also covering shareholder activism. She consistently breaks market-moving news about the biggest deals across all industries. Some of her scoops have included Exxon Mobil’s $60 billion deal for Pioneer Natural Resources, Capital One’s $35 billion deal for Discover Financial, Mars’s $30 […]

WSJ seeks a senior editor for world coverage

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a high-energy news editor for a role at the heart of our newsroom focused on world coverage. You will work collaboratively with our world bureaus and breaking news team to ensure we are first or fast the stories that matter most to our readers. You will be part of […]

How WSJ’s Gershkovich continued to report

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich writes about his time in a Russian prison and the man who put him behind bars. Gerhskovich writes, “When I was arrested by Russia’s security forces in 2023—the first foreign correspondent charged with espionage since the Cold War—I never stopped reporting. On my release I set out to identify the man who had […]