WSJ reporter arrested in Russia
Russia’s top security agency arrested an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a U.S. correspondent was put behind bars on spying accusations since the Cold War, reports the Associated Press. The AP story states, “The newspaper denied the allegations against Evan Gershkovich. “The Federal Security Service said Thursday […]
The Wall Street Journal seeks a video journalist, development
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a video journalist to focus on development for its YouTube team. We’re looking for someone who understands the YouTube landscape and can help develop and pilot future series and new formats specifically for the platform Please note, this is not an entry-level position and it is not a […]
WSJ names Steinberg its metals and mining reporter
Wall Street Journal reporter Julie Steinberg is taking over the metals and mining beat. She will remain based in London. Steinberg previously was covering European investors including hedge funds, asset managers and pension funds. She previously covered finance for the Journal in Hong Kong and New York. She and a colleague won a SABEW award for their […]
Sindreau to write about European financial industry for WSJ’s “Heard on the Street”
Jon Sindreau will take over writing about the European financial industry for The Wall Street Journal’s “Heard on the Street” column beginning in May. He has been writing about the aerospace industry. Sindreau has been a “Heard on the Street” columnist since September 2018. He previously was a reporter for The Journal covering U.K. economics and […]
Hall, WSJ’s professional news editor, departing after 10 years
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Glenn Hall, our professional news editor, is leaving the Wall Street Journal after ten years. Glenn has had a number of jobs in the newsroom including editor-in-chief of MarketWatch, US news editor and global editor of Dow Jones Newswires. I want to […]
WSJ hires Harris as managing editor
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following: Dear All, I’m delighted to let you know that Liz Harris is joining The Wall Street Journal newsroom as Managing Editor on March 6. Liz joined News UK by way of Sky in 2012 and comes to the Journal from The Times and The Sunday […]
WSJ hires Cervantes as a social media editor
Nelly M. Ontiveros Cervantes has joined The Wall Street Journal as a social media editor, based in New York. Previously, she served as the editor in chief of NSM Today, which is run by journalism major students at the University of Central Florida’s Nicholson School of Communication. She interned at the Orlando Sentinel, The Wall […]
Inside the coming WSJ shakeup
Lachlan Cartwright of The Daily Beast writes about the pending shakeup at The Wall Street Journal under new editor in chief Emma Tucker. Cartwright writes, “In an address to roughly 30 staffers in the San Francisco bureau last Tuesday, Tucker indicated she’s been unimpressed by the Journal’s current audience data and has begun a thorough content review to […]
NY Times hires WSJ’s Yi as senior producer
The New York Times has hired Hannah Yi from The Wall Street Journal to be senior producer based in Seoul. In this role, Yi will be the video lead in the Seoul bureau, managing breaking news, the video department’s live coverage from the region and news and investigative enterprise. Yi was a senior supervising producer at The […]
WSJ hires Simonetti to cover TV and streaming
The Wall Street Journal has hired Isabella Simonetti to cover the business of television and streaming. She started on Monday. Simonetti had been at The Observer in New York covering technology and the creator economy since 2021. She previously was interning at Bloomberg News. She also interned at Her Money, Vox, the New York Post and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Simonetti is […]
