Washington Post hires Stevens as deputy tech editor
Washington Post business editor David Cho, deputy business editor Zachary Goldfarb and technology editor Christina Passariello sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: We are thrilled to announce Laura Stevens will join The Washington Post as deputy technology editor. Laura will edit a team of reporters writing about America’s biggest technology companies, their relationships with […]
WSJ names Jakab its “Heard on the Street” editor
Wall Street Journal financial editor Charles Forelle sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: I’m delighted to announce that Spencer Jakab is the new editor of Heard on the Street. Spencer is a rock of the Journal’s financial commentary. He has been deputy editor of Heard since 2015, and he wrote the Ahead of the […]
WSJ hires Carpenter to cover personal finance
Julia Carpenter has been hired by The Wall Street Journal to cover personal finance. She previously worked at CNN Business, where she covered the intersection between gender and money. Carpenter also worked as a social media editor embedded within The Washington Post features section, where she plots audience strategy for special projects and brands in […]
WSJ senior platform editor Scott named to Trust Fellowship program
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Matt Murray sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Dear All, Happy news: Senior Platform Editor Charity Scott will serve as the newsroom’s first participant in our WSJ Trust Fellowship program. Charity begins her three-month assignment on April 1. As we shared when announcing this training initiative in January, […]
Moody named WSJ standards & ethics editor
Wall Street Journal editor Matt Murray sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Dear All: I’m delighted to share the news that Emma Moody will be the next Standards & Ethics Editor of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. No single job is more important to our success than this one. Amid all […]
WSJ. magazine seeks a managing editor
WSJ. Magazine is seeking a managing editor to work closely with the editor in chief and senior staff to produce the print edition and various brand extensions, with an emphasis on managing the magazine’s complex budget. WSJ. Magazine is a creative, collaborative and exciting work environment. The ideal candidate will have experience managing editorial staff, […]
The WSJ is using data to improve the audience experience
Laura Johnston of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri writes about how The Wall Street Journal is using data to improve the audience experience. Johnston writes, “Newsrooms have the capacity to collect mounds of data about who visits their websites, what stories are being read, and by whom. But what […]
Kharon Brief hires WSJ reporter Rubenfeld
Wall Street Journal reporter Samuel Rubenfeld has been hired to be an editor of the Kharon Brief, which reports on global security. Rubenfeld worked for almost 10 years at The Journal, spending the majority of his time there reporting on issues of illicit finance with a special focus on sanctions, money laundering, foreign bribery, terrorism […]
WSJ adds two reporters to M&I team in London
Alex Frangos, Europe finance editor at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Folks, I’m ecstatic to announce two fantastic new additions to the M&I team in London. Julie Steinberg will join as a finance reporter with an emphasis on covering the investors and institutions behind the biggest financial bets in […]
WSJ hires Council to cover artificial intelligence
The Wall Street Journal has hired reporter Jared Council to cover artificial intelligence for its WSJ Pro newsletter on the topic. Council has been a senior writer for Harrison Scott Publications, which publishes Real Estate Alert, Hedge Fund Alert, Commercial Mortgage Alert and Asset-Backed Alert, since January 2018, covering U.S. commercial real estate with a focus on […]
