WSJ.com and Dow Jones Newswires to integrate London editing desk
Steve McGrath, editor for news at Dow Jones Newswires in London, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: We are integrating our newswires and wsj.com editing desks in London to better reflect the integration we’ve already implemented in our European bureaus. We’re aiming to eliminate much of the duplicate editing that happens today, and also […]
WSJ hosting pop-up cafe in London for tech companies
The Wall Street Journal will target the technology sector by hosting a pop-up café in London’s Tech City next month. Jamie Kaffash of Marketing Week writes, “The publication hopes to raise the profile of its technological output and increase engagement between its team and the audience. “Ben Rooney, the journal’s European technology editor, says: ‘Our […]
Biz journalists who now shoot video
Adrienne LaFrance of the Nieman Journalism Lab writes Monday about The Wall Street Journal‘s new WorldStream, where journalists are shooting video with their phones of events they are covering and downloading them onto the paper’s website. LaFrance writes, “While WorldStream aims to be a way for viewers to get a potpourri of fresh video content, […]
WSJ launches Worldstream
The Wall Street Journal announced Monday the launch of WSJ WorldStream, a global video news gathering and publishing platform for short-form videos shot via smartphone by journalists from across the global Journal and Dow Jones news organization. Launching in conjunction with the start of the Republican National Convention this week in Tampa, Fla., WSJ WorldStream […]
WSJ names video deputy
Alan Murray, the deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal and executive editor of its online operations, sent out the following staff announcement on Friday afternoon: We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Scheffler as Real-Time Deputy of Video. In this new position, Mark will edit “WSJ WorldStream,” the Journal’s new video […]
WSJ social media editor tells reporters to tweet about their beat
The real reason reporters are followed on Twitter is for their expertise and their added perspective of the their beat, says Liz Heron, director of social media at The Wall Street Journal, in this interview with Beet.TV.
WSJ folds radio ops into newsroom
Alan Murray, the deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal and executive editor of its online operations, sent out the following announcement on Friday: Today we are taking the next step in strengthening our longstanding and successful efforts in radio – a business we have been in since 1982 and that currently reaches more […]
Bloomberg vs. WSJ in loan coverage
Hal Morris, writing on his GrumpyEditor.com site, notes that Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal had different interpretations of a Federal Reserve report on lending. Morris writes, “Bloomberg News, in pointing out ‘banks are lending the most since the recession ended in June, 2009,’ said yesterday the latest Federal Reserve quarterly loan officer survey […]
The video effort expands at the WSJ
Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Alan Murray, who also oversees its online efforts, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Monday: I’d like to alert you to an exciting new news effort launching this month. As you know, video is becoming an increasingly important part of our journalism. Our video viewership has […]
WSJ names editor of new real estate section
Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson sent out the following staff announcement on Tuesday: I am delighted to announce that Emily Gitter will be the Editor of the Journal’s new real estate section, which we are launching in the fall. While we are proud to name Emily as the Editor of *$#@%!*&%, the name […]
