WSJ names new Afghan/Pakistan reporter
Yaroslav Trofimov, editor of Afghanistan and Pakistan for The Wall Street Journal, and Paul Beckett, Asia editor of the paper, sent out the following staff announcement on Tuesday: We are delighted to announce that Margherita Stancati is joining the Afghanistan and Pakistan bureau of The Wall Street Journal as a correspondent. She will be based […]
WSJ, Bloomberg win awards from Silurians
The Wall Street Journal is the winner in the business and financial category of the Society of the Silurians‘ 2012 Excellence in Journalism Awards Competition. Jean Pulliam, Rob Barry and Jean Eaglesham of the Wall Street Journal won for their exhaustive six-month investigation that uncovered insider trading by a thousand corporate executives who traded stock […]
WSJ names editors to oversee ethics, standards
Wall Street Journal managing editor Gerard Baker sent out the following editor appointmsnts Thursday afternoon: An unshakeable commitment to the strictest ethics and the highest values is at the core of our journalism. Everything we do at Dow Jones is underpinned by our striving to meet the most elevated standards of reporting and editing. It […]
WSJ names editor of content development
Wall Street Journal managing editor Gerard Baker sent out the following staff promotion on Thursday: As technology advances and demand for reliable information grows apace, we face proliferating opportunities to expand our audience and increase the range of ways in which we interact with it. The most dynamic news organizations will seize those opportunities and […]
WSJ names senior editor for Europe, Middle East and Africa
Thorold Barker, the Wall Street Journal editor who oversees coverage of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, sent out the following staff promotion on Tuesday morning: I am delighted to announce that Bruce Orwall is appointed Senior Editor, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Bruce’s new role is a pivotal step in the integration […]
Marketwatch EIC Krim named WSJ’s tech editor/SF bureau chief
Wall Street Journal managing editor Gerard Baker sent out the following staff promotion on Monday: I’m delighted to announce that Jonathan Krim is appointed Technology Editor and San Francisco Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones. In his new role, Jonathan will lead our global coverage of technology and drive expansion of […]
Hey WSJ reporters, wear some makeup when you go on video
Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Matt Murray and head of video operations Chris Cramer sent out the following to the staff on Monday: Video continues to become a bigger, more vital part of how we deliver news to our audience, and we continue to refine our video offerings in what is increasingly a highly […]
Some serious love for WSJ’s MoneyBeat
Joshua Brown of The Reformed Broker has praise for The Wall Street Journal’s new blog called MoneyBeat. Brown writes, “In an era when everyone in financial media is spreading out their resources and chasing new verticals for pageviews on a quest to gain “traction” among this or that ancillary audience, the Wall Street Journal has […]
Bancroft member who sold WSJ dies
William Cox Jr., a senior member of the Bancroft family that sold The Wall Street Journal to News Corp. in 2007, died at 82, according to people close to the family. Martin Peers and Stephen Miller of The Journal write, “Mr. Cox, who spent his career at The Wall Street Journal as an advertising and […]
WSJ editor joins Bloomberg Businessweek
Aaron Rutkoff, who runs the WSJ “Metropolis” blog and edits stories for the Greater New York section, is headed to Bloomberg Businessweek, a magazine spokeswoman confirmed to Talking Biz News on Friday morning. He will be working on the magazine’s website operation. Longtime Businessweek.com editor Dan Beucke, who for the last several years worked on […]
