WSJ hires a new style columnist
The Wall Street Journal’s features coverage chief and WSJ. Magazine editor in chief Sarah Ball sent out the following: Dear all, On a day with plenty of fashion-news grist to go around: I’m thrilled to say that after a long and thoughtful recruitment, we have a new Style Columnist starting with us next month. Chantal Fernandez will join […]
WSJ seeks a senior newsletter editor
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a Senior Newsletter Editor to shape the Journal’s voice in the inbox as part of the Direct Audience team. In this position, you will ensure that no matter which newsletter a reader opens, it feels like a premium, cohesive experience. You will coach and train reporters to write in […]
Axios hires Olson as ME for AI and technology coverage
Axios has hired Bradley Olson to be managing editor of artificial intellignce and technology coverage. Olson will lead a team reporting on the companies, people and rapidly evolving technologies reshaping business and society. “Brad is an exceptional journalist and editor with deep experience covering AI and the biggest forces shaping the technology industry,” said Axios […]
Bloomberg Government hires Ferek as investigative reporter
Sarah Babbage, a team leader at Bloomberg Government, sent out the following on Friday: I’m excited to announce that Katy Stech Ferek is joining Bloomberg Government today as an investigative reporter, where she will cover the evolution of government contracting under the Trump administration. She will work closely with BGOV’s contracting analysts, as well as […]
WSJ parent contemplating merger with Fox
News Corp., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, is contemplating merging again with Fox Corp., both of which are controlled by the Murdoch family, reports Reuters. The Reuters story by Edmund Lee states, “Discussions of a possible re-merger were revealed during the last few weeks in unsealed court documents and […]
Engelberg, Prince to be honored at Loeb Awards
The G. and R. Loeb Foundation Inc. and UCLA Anderson School of Management announced Thursday the career honorees for the 2026 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. Stephen Engelberg, editor-in-chief of ProPublica, will receive the 2026 Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a journalist whose career exemplifies the consistent superior insight […]
Much ado about artificial intelligence
Paul Gigot, the editorial page editor at The Wall Street Journal, responded to criticism about an op-ed column that written with artificial intelligence. Gigot writes, “The rule for those of us at WSJ Opinion is that everything my colleagues and I write must be original work. No letting AI draft a column or editorial. Our readers […]
WSJ union: Readers deserve better than AI content
The Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees (IAPE), Local 1096 of The News-Guild-CWA, issued the following statement after it was disclosed an column with the byline of a hedge fund manager was written by artificial intelligence: WSJ Opinion staff and contributors are not represented by our union. And they appear to have different standards for content. […]
WSJ op-ed from hedge fund manager written by AI
A billionaire acknowledged on Tuesday that his opinion column in The Wall Street Journal criticizing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s bond market intervention was written using artificial intelligence, reports Jeff Stein of NOTUS. Stein writes, “Stanley Druckenmiller, a former hedge fund manager who founded Duquesne Capital, published ‘Let the Bond Market Speak’ on Monday, questioning Bessent’s interventions to […]
Duke hires WSJ reporter Bauerlein as professor
Duke University has hired Wall Street Journal national affairs reporter Valerie Bauerlein as its Eugene Patterson Professor. She has a special interest in small-town America and Southern politics, economics and culture. Bauerlein has covered the South Carolina presidential primaries for The Wall Street Journal since 2008. She also has covered natural and manmade disasters, from Hurricane […]
