WSJ seeks reporter to cover GE, United Technologies
The Wall Street Journal’s Corporate Reporting Bureau seeks a thoughtful, experienced reporter to cover General Electric, Honeywell and United Technologies, three of the country’s biggest, most diverse and most important manufacturers. For an enterprising journalist, these companies offer a ready opening to a range of newsy fields including health care, defense, politics, finance and China, […]
WSJ reporters stymied in covering News Corp. hacking scandal
Wall Street Journal reporters grappled with efforts from higher-ups to muzzle their coverage of the phone hacking scandal at its News Corp. parent company, according to a new book by NPR media reporter David Folkenflik. Joe Pompeo of Capital New York writes, “In the most troubling instance, Robert Thomson, now the C.E.O. of News Corp., […]
WSJ ordered not to divulge Libor names
British prosecutors on Thursday obtained a court order prohibiting The Wall Street Journal from publishing names of individuals the government planned to implicate in a criminal-fraud case alleging a scheme to manipulate benchmark interest rates. A Journal story states, “A British judge ordered the Journal and David Enrich, the newspaper’s European banking editor, to comply […]
WSJ hires reporter Lazo from LA Times
Michael Gray, the editor of West Coast news for The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following staff hire on Thursday: We are pleased to announce that Alejandro Lazo (Alex to his friends) is joining the Journal’s West Coast bureau as a reporter covering politics and policy issues in state houses across the West, with […]
WSJ names Middle East editor, deputy world editors
Wall Street Journal world editor Adam Horvath sent out the following announcement on Thursday: I’m glad to announce that Marjorie Olster is joining the World desk as our lead Middle East editor. Marjorie spent most of the last four years as a top editor for the Associated Press in Cairo, helping direct coverage of the […]
Theo Francis returns to the WSJ
Wall Street Journal business editor Dennis Berman made the following staff announcement on Wednesday: Please join me in welcoming Theo Francis back to the Wall Street Journal. An ace financial and investigative reporter, Theo specializes in using regulatory documents to write about complex financial, economic and legal issues, explaining the things that companies would prefer […]
WSJ hires Daily News reporter
Daily News political reporter Mara Gay has been hired by The Wall Street Journal to cover politics for their Greater New York section. Azi Paybarah of Capital New York writes, “The hiring is a return to News Corp. for Gay, a well respected reporter (and one of a relatively small number of women of color […]
WSJ names new M&A staffers
Jamie Heller, the deals editor for the Money & Investing section of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following staff promotions on Friday: We are thrilled to announce several new additions to the deals team of The Wall Street Journal. David Benoit, currently a MoneyBeat blogger, is taking on a new beat covering shareholder […]
WSJ seeks night editor for U.S. news
The Wall Street Journal’s U.S. News section is seeking an experienced editor (a minimum of 6 years at a daily newspaper or similar) to run its desk at night. This person will work closely with the U.S. Editor to coordinate the publishing of politics, economics and general news in real-time formats and for the print […]
WSJ looking for residential real estate reporter
The Wall Street Journal’s Mansion section seeks a skilled reporter and feature writer to cover residential real estate. The successful candidate will be expected to break news on real-estate deals each week in Mansion’s Private Properties column and to write ambitious feature stories for Mansion’s cover and inside pages. Candidates should have at least three […]
