WSJ reporter Singh departs for research firm
Hardika Singh, a markets reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has left the organization and joined Fundstrat Global Advisors, an independent market research firm. She joined The Journal in 2021 as a commodities reporter covering energy and metals. Singh previously interned for The Journal on the markets desk covering stocks, bonds, commodities, crypto and currencies. […]
The evolution of the WSJ beyond finance
Rahat Kapur of Campaign looks at the evolution The Wall Street Journal. Kapur writes, “The transformation of The Wall Street Journal from a strictly financial publication to a broader, more inclusive platform is also a central part of Dow Jones’ current strategy, led by Sheryn Weiss, chief marketing officer. ‘The WSJ has always had this strong […]
Economist’s Bennet, WSJ’s Morrow receive awards
The Fund for American Studies presented James Bennet of The Economist with the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Award for Courageous Journalism and Lance Morrow of The Wall Street Journal with the Thomas L. Phillips Career Achievement Award on Tuesday at its awards dinner. Bennet is Lexington columnist and a senior editor at The Economist. The award is given to honor his excellence in […]
WSJ is testing AI-generated article summaries
The Wall Street Journal is experimenting with AI-generated article summaries that appear at the top of its news stories, reports Jay Peters of The Verge. Peters reports, “The summaries appear as a ‘Key Points’ box with bullets summarizing the piece. The Verge spotted the test on a story about Trump’s plans for the Department of Education, and the Journal confirmed it’s trialing […]
WSJ reporter Evans departs for Tradeoffs
Wall Street Journal reporter Melanie Evans has left the news organization for Tradeoffs, a nonprofit news organization focused on health policy. She will start on Nov. 18. Evans covered the hospital industry for The Journal in New York. She reported on the business of running hospitals, healthcare quality and the ways technology is changing both. Her stories […]
WSJ’s “Be loud” strategy on Gershkovich
The Wall Street Journal’s Paul Beckett writes for Columbia Journalism Review about its efforts to free reporter Evan Gershkovich from a Russian prison. Beckett writes, “Given the new dynamics in hostage-taking, the question remained how aggressive we—and our legal and commercial colleagues at Dow Jones & Co.—should be in highlighting Gershkovich’s plight and pushing the administration to act. Were […]
WSJ seeks an energy markets reporter in London
The Wall Street Journal seeks a talented reporter to cover the rough-and-tumble energy markets in London. This person will be our go-to writer on global oil markets, the intersection of energy and geopolitics, the green transition and beyond. A Wall Street Journal energy markets reporter sits at the heart of our coverage of the economy, […]
Dow Jones hires Hancock to cover antitrust in Europe
The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones have hired Edith Hancock to cover antitrust and competition issues in the European Union. She has been at Politico covering competition, regulatory policy, the Inmarsat/Viasat merger and Facebook’s divestment of Giphy. She was a M&A reporter at Mergermarket and reported for Solar Media’s websites PV Tech, Energy Storage News, Current […]
Weil returns to WSJ’s “Heard on the Street”
Spencer Jakab, global editor in chief of “Heard on the Street” at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following on Monday: “Delighted” and “thrilled” are seriously overused words these days, especially on LinkedIn , but I am sincerely feeling both today when it comes to announcing the newest member of the team. Jonathan Weil has […]
WSJ’s “Intelligent Investor” newsletter switching to paid
“The Intelligent Investor,” a weekly Wall Street Journal newsletter, is becoming a paid offering. Jason Zweig writes “The Intelligent Investor” every weekend for The Journal. He also writes “Back in Business,” an occasional column about financial history. Jason is the author of “Your Money and Your Brain,” on the neuroscience of investing, and the editor […]
