WSJ editor Murray agreed with reporters about China headline
Wall Street Journal editor Matt Murray seemed to agree with reporters at the paper that a headline for a column about China was inappropriate but said he couldn’t do anything to change it, reports Marc Tracy of The New York Times. Tracy reports, “Journal leaders met with newsroom employees to discuss the headline before China […]
WSJ staff protest “sick man” headline that upset Chinese government
The Wall Street Journal’s China staff is urging the newspaper to apologize for a headline that prompted the Chinese government to expel three of its journalists this week, reports Paul Farhi of The Washington Post. Farhi reports, “‘We . . . ask you to consider correcting the headline and apologizing to our readers, sources, colleagues and anyone […]
WSJ reporter Peker joins Eurasia Group as director
Emre Peker, a reporter covering economy and politics at the Wall Street Journal, has left the company to join Eurasia Group in London as a director in the Europe team. There, he will continue to cover the European Union trade issues including foreign policy matters and other developments. Before coming to the WSJ, Peker was […]
Verlaine moves to WSJ’s financial markets team
Wall Street Journal reporter Julia Verlaine is now covering financial markets in New York. She previously covered financial services and regulation in the European Union for the Journal’s bureau in Brussels. Verlaine also reported on the investment banking sector in London for Bloomberg News. Before starting a career in journalism, she worked at Barclays covering macro hedge […]
WSJ hires Telesca as deputy investing bureau chief
The Wall Street Journal has hired Jenna Telesca as the deputy bureau chief on the investing team in New York. Telesca spent the last decade covering the food industry, most recently as editor in chief of the trade magazine Nation’s Restaurant News, where her team reported on the impact of immigration reform and addiction on […]
WSJ hires Hirtenstein as markets reporter in London
The Wall Street Journal has hired Anna Hirtenstein as a markets reporter in London. She was previously a reporter at Bloomberg in London, where she covered clean energy and sustainability in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Hirtenstein was also an M&A banker at Greentech Capital Advisors in Zurich and a correspondent with a focus […]
WSJ editor Murray: Chinese expulsion of our reporters is wrong
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Matt Murray sent the following to the staff on Wednesday: Dear All: On Wednesday, the Chinese government ordered the expulsion of three of our colleagues in Beijing in a harsh and unprecedented action. The Wall Street Journal news department has maintained a robust staff in China for 40 years and a […]
China revokes three WSJ reporter’s press credentials
China said Wednesday that it revoked the press credentials of three Wall Street Journal reporters based in Beijing, reports Kevin Breuninger of CNBC. Brueninger reports, “The three reporters — Deputy Bureau Chief Josh Chin and reporters Chao Deng and Philip Wen — work for the paper’s news division, which operates separately from its opinion department. […]
WSJ makes changes on corporate beats
Wall Street Journal business editor Jamie Heller sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Hello, I’m excited to announce more moves and opportunities in Corp. Collin Eaton joins the Houston energy team to cover shale companies. He previously wrote about U.S. energy markets for Reuters, delivering market-moving scoops. Prior to that, he covered energy for […]
WSJ China reporter Dou set to depart
Eva Dou, a China politics and general news reporter at The Wall Street Journal, is leaving the organization. She was primarily covering Chinese society, law, religion, and the environment. She was also reporting on diplomacy trade and Chinese domestic policies. She was associated with the Journal for eight years, initially starting as a Taiwan reporter […]
