Sahil Patel, senior reporter at Digiday, joins WSJ
Sahil Patel is leaving his post at Digiday to join the Wall Street Journal’s editorial staff. Most recently, Patel was a media editor for the online media publication. He also served as a senior reporter and a video reporter at Digiday. Prior to Digiday, Patel was the editorial director for VideoInk, an online news publication […]
Digiday: WSJ has 21 people detecting fake videos
Twenty-one staffers at The Wall Street Journal are on a committee to detect deepfakes, a technique to produce fake videos by using artificial intelligence, ahead of the 2020 general election, reports Lucinda Southern at Digiday. The report detailed the Journal’s process: Last September, the publisher assigned 21 of its staff from across its newsroom to […]
Theranos founder blames WSJ “advocacy reporting”
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes alleges “advocacy reporting” by the Wall Street Journal’s John Carreyrou is what caused the federal government to come after her company as part of her defense strategy in her upcoming trial, reports Joel Rosenblatt of Bloomberg News. Rosenblatt reports, “Through pretrial information sharing with prosecutors, Holmes has unearthed Carreyrou’s early contacts with New York state […]
How the WSJ used data to create a habit-forming reading environment
Anne Powell, John Wiley and Peter Gray of The Wall Street Journal write for the Nieman Report about how the business newspaper has used data to drive repeat readers. Powell, Wiley and Gray write, “Our first step was to make an exhaustive list of all the things a member could do on our site. The list was quite […]
Politico’s Restuccia hired by Wall Street Journal
Andrew Restuccia, White House reporter for Politico, is leaving the outlet to join The Wall Street Journal. He had been at Politico for seven years. He previously worked at The Hill, The Washington Independent, and Inside Washington Publishers. He previously covered Donald Trump’s transition to the presidency and energy and environmental policy. Restuccia has a […]
2019 Loeb winners are announced
Winners of 12 competition categories of the 2019 Gerald Loeb Awards were named at a banquet in New York . The following is a list of the 2019 Loeb Award recipients. Audio Winner “Medicaid, Under the Influence” by Liz Essley White, Joe Yerardi and Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak – The Center for Public Integrity and NPR Beat Reporting Winner […]
Everson named deputy chief news editor at WSJ
Jason Anders, chief news editor at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement: All, I’m delighted to announce that Darren Everson is named Deputy Chief News Editor of The Wall Street Journal. Darren is a relentless and creative advocate for our digital audience, and will bring that passion to the senior team in the […]
WSJ names Western its deputy publishing chief
Alexandra Kaptik, the editing chief at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: All, I am excited to share the news that Lora Western has been named Deputy Publishing Chief. Lora is an expert editor with broad knowledge of the newsroom and a deep understanding of the best ways to reach […]
Former Republican operative with white nationalist ties publishing op-eds in WSJ
Former Republican operative Marcus Epstein, who worked for ex-congressman Tom Tancredo and has clear ties to white nationalist organizations, has written more than a dozen op-ed pieces for the Wall Street Journal, the Hill, Forbes, US News and World Report, and the National Review over the past two years. Published under the byline “Mark Epstein,” […]
WSJ hires Naughton to cover Fiat Chrysler, auto retailers
The Wall Street Journal has hired Detroit News auto reporter Nora Naughton to cover Fiat Chrysler, the auto unions and auto retailers. She has been at the News since October 2017. Naughton was previously a business development reporter at The Stamford (Conn.) Advocate. Naughton also covered City Hall for the Stamford paper, which she joined in May […]
