LRN Corp hires former WSJ reporter DiPietro

Wall Street Journal reporter Ben DiPietro, who left the paper last month, has been hired by ethics and compliance firm LRN Corp.

DiPietro will contribute to the company’s ongoing thought leadership and pioneering work with corporations. He served as a lead writer and editor at The Journal’s Risk and Compliance Journal, Crisis of the Week, and Morning Risk Report.

DiPietro had been working on the Risk & Compliance Journal team since January 2013.  Before that, he was a copy editor on the real time news desk for 18 months.

He was previously an online editor at seafood industry news service Intrafish Media from April 2004 to December 2010. He also worked for two years for Pacific Business News, an American City Business Journals publication.

DiPietro spent nearly 11 years working for the Associated Press in Honolulu. He quit in 2000 when his boss wouldn’t give him time off to go see the Yankees-Mets World Series.

“I am honored to join the firm when its mission, capabilities and platform are so relevant, and am excited to contribute my voice to the dialogue,” said DiPietro in a statement. “Businesses and their leaders realize having a more engaged and nuanced understanding of ethics, culture and behavior is critical for sustainable success, and LRN can play an important role in fostering discussions to help companies attain their goals.”