Hilsenrath, Tozzi to receive Welles Prize from Columbia
The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia Journalism School announced Wednesday that a reporter from Bloomberg News and a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal have won the 2023 Christopher J. Welles Memorial Prize. The Welles Prize judges singled out two Knight-Bagehot alumni to receive the award: Jon Hilsenrath, Class of 1995-1996, and John […]
Activist hedge fund wants WSJ parent to split up
Activist hedge fund Starboard Value is seeking a split of News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, reports Patrick Temple-West, Anna Nicolaou and Ortenca Aliaj of The Financial Times. Temple-West, Nicolaou and Aliaj report, “News Corp shares are up 20 per cent this year, outperforming the broader US market and giving […]
WSJ promotes Cimilluca to Wall Street bureau chief
The Wall Street Journal has tapped Dana Cimilluca to serve as Wall Street bureau chief. He is responsible for the Journal’s coverage of banks, investment firms and deals. Recently, Cimilluca held the post of deals editor. He has been with the Journal for more than 16 years, joining as a lead writer for the “Deal […]
WSJ reporters split over Iran story
The Wall Street Journal overrode objections inside its own Washington bureau to publish an explosive, disputed Oct. 8 report that Iran “helped plan” last week’s attack by Hamas, reports Max Tani of Semafor. Tani reports, “Three people with knowledge of the situation told Semafor that before the story was published, veteran staffers on the national […]
WSJ seeks Washington coverage chief
The Wall Street Journal seeks an experienced journalist to be Washington Coverage Chief. The Washington Coverage Chief leads our reporting and editing teams in the nation’s capital and is the steward of our coverage of American politics, policy, national security, defense and economics. The Journal has a storied tradition of excellence in Washington, and to […]
WSJ seeks a head of visual storytelling
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a Head of Visual Storytelling to lead a team of visual journalists in the newsroom and elevate the storytelling capabilities of The Wall Street Journal across our digital platforms. You will be responsible for conceptualizing, developing and overseeing the execution of visual stories and interactive graphics to enhance […]
WSJ’s DC coverage chief Beckett to become assistant editor
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Wednesday: Dear all, Paul Beckett, Washington Coverage Chief, will be moving on to a new role as Assistant Editor reporting directly to me, working full-time on our efforts to secure Evan’s release. Paul has worked tirelessly lobbying for government action since we first knew […]
WSJ reporter Gershkovich loses appeal
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich lost an appeal Tuesday to be released from jail on espionage charges, meaning he will remain behind bars at least through Nov. 30, reports the Associated Press. The AP story reports, “Gershkovich, 31, had a mostly blank expression as he appeared in the defendant’s glass cage in Moscow City […]
WSJ hires Barnum on the education team
Matt Barnum, a national reporter at Chalkbeat, has left and joined The Wall Street Journal on the education team. Previously, Barnum was a Spencer fellow in education journalism at Columbia University. He also worked as a staff writer at online audio and video media company The 74 Media in New York. He also taught at […]
WSJ names Evans associate editor
Taneth Evans has been named associate editor at The Wall Street Journal. She previously was chief of staff and joined the publication in March. Evans was an associate editor for The Sunday Times in London, where she worked with Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker. She also worked at The Times as head of audience development and as […]
