The Atlantic hires WSJ reporter Nicholas
Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Nicholas has been hired by The Atlantic as a White House correspondent Nicholas will begin with The Atlantic next month, and will share the beat with Elaina Plott. For the past seven years, Nicholas has been a politics reporter and White House correspondent for The Journal. He has participated in […]
WSJ seeks senior reporter to cover London markets
The Wall Street Journal seeks a London-based senior reporter who loves exploring the intricacies of finance and markets and wants to share stories with the Journal’s two million-plus readers from one of the most exciting cities on earth. The job involves real-time explanation of markets and the people who drive them. It also involves producing […]
WSJ taps two to write for “Heard on the Street”
Spencer Jakab, deputy editor of the “Heard on the Street” column at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Please welcome two new Heard on the Street columnists. The hires are part of an expansion of the Wall Street Journal’s financial and economic analysis column. Watch this space for more Heard […]
WSJ’s Wordock hired by Westwood One
John Wordock, executive producer of podcasts at The Wall Street Journal, has been hired by Westwood One to be executive editor of podcasts. Omar Sanchez of The Wrap writes, “Wordock, who before the Wall Street Journal helmed the radio arm of MarketWatch.com from 2007 to 2013, will be responsible for content strategy and development at the network […]
WSJ sets new freelance pay policy
William Power, a news editor for Journal Reports at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following to freelancers on Wednesday: Hi, I’m sending this out to frequent c0ntributors to the Investing in Funds & ETFs. (Some of you might have this news already if you write for other editors here.) The new Journal Reports […]
How the WSJ/Frontline documentary came to fruition
William Lewis, the CEO of Dow Jones & Co. and Wall Street Journal publisher, sent out the following to the staff on Wednesday: Dear Colleague, This week’s One Thing highlights an innovative collaboration that increases the power and delivery of our investigative journalism through film. Following months of reporting, The Wall Street Journal teamed up […]
WSJ strikes partnership deal with Morgan State University
Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communication is partnering with The Wall Street Journal to provide business journalism exposure to students. The partnership will include classroom instruction, mentoring and newsroom visits for students and faculty, both in New York and on Morgan State’s campus in Baltimore. Faculty will have access to select Journal newsroom training sessions, and […]
WSJ seeks an Asia debt reporter
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a reporter to cover Asia’s all-important debt markets, with a principal focus on Chinese bonds, credit and consumer finance. There are few stories more consequential in global finance than China’s epic credit binge, driven in no small part by technology. Are we looking at the future of finance or […]
WSJ’s CFO Journal seeks a news editor
The Wall Street Journal’s CFO Journal is looking for a news editor to help readers understand the complexities of corporate finance, from cash management and accounting to M&A and succession planning. The position calls for a multi-talented journalist with experience covering the changing role of the finance chief, and the dollars and cents behind business […]
Marketwatch.com visitors up 45 percent; Barron’s subscribers up 27 percent
Here are comments that News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson made on its second-quarter earnings conference call about its business news properties: Turning now to our own businesses, which are certainly conscious of their responsibilities as custodians of customer data. It is clear that the ongoing digital transformation of Dow Jones is efficacious. Many traditional media […]
