WSJ hires Nair as international editor of ‘The Trust’
The Wall Street Journal has tapped Praseeda Nair to serve as an international editor of “The Trust,” the Journal’s the in-house creative consultancy. Recently, Nair freelanced for CNN and the Financial Times. Previously, she wrote and edited for Bloomberg Media Studios, and served as managing editor of Vogue Business on a contractual basis. She also […]
UN asked to declare WSJ reporter Gershkovich arbitrarily detained
Lawyers representing Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones requested that a United Nations group declare reporter Evan Gershkovich arbitrarily detained and asked it to appeal to Russia to release him immediately, reports Joanna Sugden of The Journal. Sugden writes, “In a letter Tuesday to the U.N.’s working group on arbitrary detention, lawyers for the Journal’s publisher accused […]
Allbritton Journalism Institute makes two new hires
The Allbritton Journalism Institute has hired Tara Golshan as a senior editor and Byron Tau as a reporter for the institute’s non-profit publication set to launch this fall. Golshan will join from Vanity Fair, where she helped helm business, tech and politics coverage as a senior editor for ‘The Hive’ and the magazine. She […]
Politico appoints Cheslow deputy tech editor
Daniella Cheslow has joined Politico as deputy tech editor. Recently, she was a D.C. audio reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Cheslow also worked as a news reporter, Jerusalem at AFP, and covered Virginia and D.C. for NPR’s Washington station WAMU-FM 88.5. Previously, she reported on the business desk at NPR, and edited its flagship […]
WSJ hires Glickman as real-time reporter
Ben Glickman has joined the Wall Street Journal on a full-time basis as a reporter on the real-time news desk. He has been a reporting intern and part of the summer 2023 newsroom intern class at The Journal. Glickman is a recent graduate of Brown University, where he studied political science and data science. He previously […]
WSJ’s Tau departing for Albritton Journalism Institute
Wall Street Journal reporter Byron Tau is leaving to become a reporter at the Albritton Journalism Institute, which is launching this fall. Tau is an investigative and enterprise journalist who specializes in law, courts and national security. Over the course of more than a decade in Washington, Tau has covered all three branches of the federal government, […]
Parents of jailed WSJ reporter Gershkovich visit newsroom
The parents of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia, visited its main newsroom on Wednesday. Ann Simmons, Matthew Luxmoore and Louise Radnofsky of The Journal write, “In a visit Wednesday to the Journal’s New York newsroom to mark 22 weeks since Gershkovich’s arrest, his mother, Ella Milman, said she and her husband, Mikhail […]
Lawyers appeal pretrial extension for jailed WSJ reporter Gershkovich
Lawyers for jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich have appealed a Moscow court’s decision to extend his pretrial detention until Nov. 30, reports Ann Simmons of The Journal. Simmons writes, “Gershkovich’s appeal was lodged at the Lefortovo District Court in Moscow on Friday, according to the court. The appeal is to be heard at the Moscow City Court. “Gershkovich’s […]
Russia extends pretrial detention of WSJ’s Gershkovich
Russia has extended the pretrial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by three months, reports Valeriya Safranova of The New York Times. Safranova reports, “Mr. Gershkovich has been detained in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison on espionage charges that he, the U.S. government and The Journal have vehemently denied. The United States has said he is wrongfully detained. “In secret […]
Russia asks to extend pretrial detention of WSJ’s Gershkovich
Russian authorities requested an extension of the pretrial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, deemed by the U.S. to be wrongfully held in Russia, report Kate Vtorygina and Ann Simmons of The Journal. Vtorygina and Simmons report, “Gershkovich, a 31-year-old U.S. citizen, was detained by agents from the Federal Security Service, or FSB, while on a reporting trip in […]
