Kwong named new formats editor at WSJ

Robin Kwong

The Wall Street Journal has named Robin Kwong as its new formats editor.

He replaces Cory Schouten, who left to become editor in chief of Crain’s New York Business. The position oversees newsletters, data projects such as rankings, and other new formats.

Kwong previously was newsroom innovation chief, a position he has been in since 2019. Kwong was previously the head of digital delivery at the Financial Times, a position he has held since June 2017. Before that, he was special projects editor.

Kwong was also the tech, media and telecoms news editor at the FT, as well as its Taipei correspondent. He previously worked at the South China Morning Post.

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.