New ME named for WSJ Asia

Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger named Christine Glancey as managing editor of The Wall Street Journal Asia, succeeding Ann Podd, effective Aug. 1, according to a memo.

Glancey is currently chief of the global copy desk, leading the team of 50-plus editors in South Brunswick who edit and write headlines for all three editions of the Journal. In this role she has collaborated on teams responsible for projects such as the WSJ 3.0 redesign, the overseas compact redesign, and the Saturday Journal launch.   Â

Since joining the paper in 1988, Glancey has served in various editing roles on the news desk in New York, including night editor; news editor for technology, health and telecom; and deputy national editor.

Steiger wrote, “In these roles she has long helped guide the Journal’s daily coverage and set priorities for what gets in the paper and where. She and her predecessor as global copy chief, Jesse Lewis, showed brilliant leadership in rebuilding and reinvigorating the desk in the aftermath of its move to South Brunswick in 2001.”

A native New Yorker, Glancey holds a master’s in English literature from Columbia in 1995 and a bachelor’s in journalism from St. John’s University in 1988. In her new post she will report to deputy managing editor John Bussey and will be based in Hong Kong.