How WSJ reporters stack up on the front page

A NewsBios analysis of front-page bylines in The Wall Street Journal shows that there were more than 900 reporters on the front page in the six months ended March 31, but just eight reporters can claim more than 10 appearances on the front page during that time period.

NewsBios wrote, “Page One of the Journal remains one of the most influential corners of news real estate in the business and financial journalism profession.

“Of those whose bylines graced the Journal’s front page, just eight reporters can boast that they wrote or contributed to ten or more page one articles.

“How did the reporter covering your company or clients stack up against his or her colleagues for number and quality of bylines?

“Washington D.C.-based Jackie Calmes, a Journal veteran who writes on the intersection of politics and economics, led her colleagues not in shear number of Page One bylines but in terms of their NewsBios’ weighted value.”

Read more here. Calmes posted five solo Page One stories and five additional co-written pieces. Her efforts just edged out colleague Mark Whitehouse, who had the same number of solo front page articles but fewer shared bylines.