WSJ names deputy banking editor, makes other changes to finance team
Wall Street Journal financial editor Charles Forelle sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Hi all, I’m thrilled to announce new faces and new jobs on the Finance team. Christina Rexrode is named deputy banking editor. As deputy, Christina will help steer the team’s coverage, edit its stories and continue to write on banking. Christina […]
LRN Corp hires former WSJ reporter DiPietro
Wall Street Journal reporter Ben DiPietro, who left the paper last month, has been hired by ethics and compliance firm LRN Corp. DiPietro will contribute to the company’s ongoing thought leadership and pioneering work with corporations. He served as a lead writer and editor at The Journal’s Risk and Compliance Journal, Crisis of the Week, […]
WSJ’s Sindreu becomes “Heard on the Street” writer
Wall Street Journal reporter Jon Sindreu has become a writer for the paper’s “Heard on the Street” column. He will still write primarily about markets and economics. For the past two years, Sindreu has been a reporter covering global financial markets, with a special focus on central banks and money markets.. He previously served at […]
WSJ’s DC bureau hires Strobel from Reuters
Wall Street Journal national security editor Bob Ourlian and DC bureau chief Paul Beckett sent out the following announcement: Colleagues, We’re elated to announce that Warren Strobel is joining the Journal’s Washington bureau to cover intelligence, espionage and the secretive sides of U.S. foreign policy and national security. He’ll work with the DC national security […]
The WSJ’s coverage of Theranos and the company attorney
James B. Stewart of The New York Times profiles well-known attorney David Boies, who represented blood testing company Theranos when it was beginning to receive aggressive coverage from The Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou, and examined the lawyer’s tactics. Stewart writes, “Mr. Carreyrou insists that the letter did ‘explicitly threaten’ a lawsuit. Mr. Boies […]
WSJ’s “Heard on the Street” seeks a tech columnist in San Francisco
The Wall Street Journal’s “Heard on the Street” is looking for an experienced reporter to boost our coverage of technology. The position, which is based in San Francisco, is part of a global team of reporters who write analysis and commentary on business, finance and economics. The successful candidate will bring deep knowledge of the […]
WSJ’s “Heard on the Street” seeks senior columnist/editor
The Wall Street Journal’s “Heard on the Street” is looking for a senior columnist and editor who can play a key role in our ambitious expansion. The position, which will be based in New York, will include industry coverage, longer pieces of analysis and some editing. The job requires a strong knowledge of business, in […]
WSJ names Trofimov its chief foreign affairs correspondent
The Wall Street Journal has named Yaroslav Trofimov its chief foreign affairs correspondent. Trofimov had been writing a weekly column, “Middle East Crossroads,” about the region stretching from West Africa to Pakistan. He joined the Journal in 1999 and previously served as Rome, Middle East and Singapore-based Asia correspondent, and as bureau chief in Afghanistan […]
WSJ seeks resources reporter in Beijing
The Wall Street Journal’s China bureau seeks a resourceful, energetic reporter to cover China’s outsized role in energy and other resources sectors. China is both a huge producer and consumer of resources, and its appetite and industry move world markets, captivate global investors and miners and frustrate trade negotiators and climate-change warriors. The reporter will […]
Israeli prime minister spokesman accused of harassing WSJ reporters
The English-speaking spokesman for the Israeli prime minister has stepped down after several women, including some Wall Street Journal staffers, accused him of sexual assault, reports David M. Halbfinger of The New York Times. Halbfinger reports, “It was Mr. Keyes’s behavior toward young women that resulted in measures being taken to insulate them from his advances, according […]
