Mavin named ME for news ops at Dow Jones Media

Duncan Mavin has been appointed managing editor for news operations and standards for Dow Jones Media Group.

In this new role, he will be responsible for harmonizing coverage and journalistic standards for all titles in the group, which includes Barron’s MarketWatch and Financial News.

He’ll also have oversight over editorial operations and will help set the collective global coverage agenda.

Mavin was previously head of editorial products for Dow Jones Media.

He has been a columnist for Bloomberg News. Prior to that, he worked for The Wall Street Journal as its Money & Investing Editor for Europe. He also was editor for Heard on the Street in Asia and life & style editor for The Wall Street Journal in Asia.

During his time at The Journal, he also oversaw the launch of the WSJ City app in London, helped integrate Dow Jones Newswires and Wall Street Journal financial coverage in Europe, and launched a Life & Style blog in Asia. He also was a reporter and foreign correspondent for Canada’s National Post.