Categories: OLD Media Moves

Baratz leaving WSJ for ABC News

Maya Baratz, who oversaw the development and launch of WSJ Social as head of new products, is leaving The Wall Street Journal for a position at ABC News.

Baratz announced the switch on her Tumblr. At ABC News, she will focus on the strategy and development of new products.

Baratz had been with the Journal since October 2010. She led the ideation and development of The Journal’s standalone publication on Facebook as well as WSJ Social, and she also worked on new and social product strategy.

On her Tumblr, she wrote, “I feel lucky to have worked with an incredible, entrepreneurial team at The Wall Street Journal on projects like the launch of WSJ Social. I’ll miss this fantastic newsroom full of talented folks.”

Before that, Baratz worked at SF Weekly for a year and at MTV Networks. She was also a writer for The Huffington Post and Venture Beat.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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