CNN hires McCabe as business editor in London
CNN has hired Caitlin McCabe to be a business editor in its London newsroom. She has been at The Wall Street Journal covering hedge funds and other big investors. Previously, she was a reporter for the Journal in New York. There, she focused on individual investors and their growing influence on financial markets. She helped lead coverage […]
President appeals dismissal of WSJ defamation suit
President Donald Trump has appealed a judge’s ruling last week dismissing a defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal, reports Alyssa Ray of The Wrap. Ray reports, “In the document, which was filed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the president’s legal team wrote, ‘Notice is hereby given that Plaintiff President Donald J. […]
Dow Jones reports 8% increase in revenue
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com, Barron’s and Investor’s Business Daily, reported an 8 percent increase in revenue in the first quarter due to higher circulation and licensing revenue. Revenue for the three months ended Sept. 30 rose to $630 million from $586 million in the same quarter a […]
WSJ seeks a Mideast correspondent in Dubai
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an enterprising, deeply sourced correspondent to join our team of reporters covering Iran and its geopolitical footprint across the Middle East. Based in our Dubai bureau, this role is critical to the Journal’s global national security and foreign affairs report. The successful candidate will work with our team to […]
Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against WSJ
Saying the president was “grasping at straws,” a federal judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, reports Dave Collins of the Associated Press. Collins reports, “U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that the president did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements […]
How the WSJ vetted its Theranos investigation
Jay Conti, the lead lawyer on The Wall Street Journal’s coverage of the Theranos blood-testing company a decade ago, shared what it was like to vet the investigation. He noted that Theranos’ attorneys sent the newspaper a 23-page letter about its coverage. “We had off and on conversations for a few months,” said Conti about […]
WSJ hires Mecca as digital production editor
The Wall Street Journal has hired Angela Mecca as digital production editor. She has been at The Washington Post as a multiplatform editor. Before coming to The Post as an intern in 2022, she attended the University of Maryland, where she served as editor in chief of the Diamondback and interned for the Howard Center for Investigative […]
Bloomberg hires Lukpat as breaking news editor
Bloomberg News has hired Alyssa Lukpat as a breaking news editor. She has been at The Wall Street Journal as a breaking news reporter for the past four years. Before that, she was a member of the 2021-22 New York Times fellowship class. Lukpat studied data journalism at Columbia Journalism School and journalism at Northeastern University. She […]
WSJ hires O’Kane to cover Tesla
The Wall Street Journal has hired Sean O’Kane to cover Tesla and autonomous vehicles. He will start in two weeks. O’Kane is a senior reporter at TechCrunch who has spent a decade covering the rapidly-evolving business and technology of the transportation industry, including Tesla and the many startups chasing Elon Musk. Previously, he was a reporter at […]
WSJ seeks a digital production editor
The Wall Street Journal is looking for experienced Digital Production Editors to join our newly formed Digital Production Team, an integral part of our New York publishing hub. This role merges two distinct editorial disciplines into one: the rigorous copy-editing standards of our Publishing Desk with the strategic programming and audience development expertise of our […]
