Dow Jones columnist leaving for Morgan Stanley PR job

Peter Gallagher, a former Wall Streeter who was hired last year by Dow Jones Newswires to write a column, is leaving the business news service for a job in the Morgan Stanley corporate communications office.

In an e-mail to his colleagues, Gallagher writes:

I’m taking an early sabbatical from my second career in journalism.

Going from being a first time hack to a first time flack at Morgan Stanley in Corporate Communications as a financial writer.

Would especially like to thank my editors Arindam Nag and John Morris for training me to be a better writer as well as Rob Passarella and Gaby Stern for making the introduction.

Hard to leave especially after one of my first and more provocative columns – recommending that H-P separate its non-enterprise operations – essentially played out this month.

Should the whims of Wall St present a reason / opportunity / necessity to return, I hope to have more insight to offer our readers.

Trust what I have learned will shine through in my new role and reflect well on Dow Jones.