NY Times taps WSJ’s Mendell as editor in Seoul
The New York Times has hired Erin Mendell as an editor on the Live team in Seoul. Mendell joins from The Wall Street Journal, where she has worked for over 12 years, recently as a news editor. She has also covered the pandemic, writing and editing stories before it spread beyond China for the Journal. […]
WSJ reporter Spegele returning to China
Wall Street Journal reporter Brian Spegele is moving to China and will be based in Beijing for the newspaper. Spegele is currently a reporter for the financial enterprise team in New York, where he covers global financial and business issues. He previously lived in Beijing for seven years, where he covered Chinese politics and business for the […]
WSJ hires Coffee to cover advertising
The Wall Street Journal has hired Patrick Coffee to cover advertising. He will start next month. He has been at Business Insider covering advertising. Coffee had previously worked as the editor of large at Adweek. Prior to being the editor of large, he worked at Adweek as a senior editor from October 2016, where he wrote about breaking news, industry […]
WSJ seeks a senior editor for digital innovation around finance
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a news leader to champion digital journalistic excellence across our coverage of markets, banking, investing, deals and more. A first challenge in the role will be to help develop, launch and steer a major new product focused on financial markets. You will be a hands-on editor, working with a […]
Williams-Alvarez hired as reporter for CFO Journal
Jennifer Williams-Alvarez has been hired as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal’s CFO Journal team. Williams-Alvarez will be covering corporate taxes, audit and accounting in Europe, board issues and pensions, among other topics. She previously worked at Agenda Week, a Financial Times publication, for four years covering legal and regulatory stories. She also worked […]
Seib retiring after 45 years at Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Matt Murray sent out the following on Monday: Dear All: After one of the most storied journalistic runs of the modern (or any) era, our own Jerry Seib has decided to retire from The Wall Street Journal. Jerry may be a Washington Nationals fan, but he has been the Journal’s Cal […]
Seal joins WSJ’s real-time news desk
Dean Seal has joined The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires as a reporter on the real-time news desk in New York. He previously wrote about financial regulation, litigation and government enforcement as a senior reporter for Law360. Before that, he was a staff writer at The Daily Progress, the daily newspaper for Charlottesville, […]
WSJ hires Felton to cover auto industry
The Wall Street Journal has hired Ryan Felton to cover the auto industry. He has been an investigative reporter on the Special Projects team at Consumer Reports, where he has written about bottled water, electric scooters, and safety recalls in Uber and Lyft vehicles. Felton previously was at auto industry site Jalopnik, where he was a transportation and technology […]
WSJ seeks an economics reporter in DC
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced national economics reporter to tell smart, revelatory and engaging stories through various media. The position offers wide latitude to explain emerging trends, the evolution of various sectors and the way economic change affects people’s lives. The position, based in Washington, will also include coverage of economic data […]
WSJ seeks a climate newsletter editor
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a journalist to launch a first-of-its-kind climate newsletter. We want someone who can create a must-read digest focused on the intersection of business, money and climate. The role will include reporting, editing and data analysis. The newsletter is the first to draw from the global reach of The Wall […]
