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NYT: Brauchli the choice of WSJ newsroom

Reporters Katherine Seelye and Richard Perez-Pena write in the New York Times that the appoinment of Marcus Brauchli as the new Wall Street Journal managing editor was greeted with enthusiasm in the newsroom.

They wrote, “People at The Journal said that Mr. Brauchli had the overwhelming backing of the newsroom as well as the support of Mr. Steiger, whose stature was enhanced this week when The Journal captured two more Pulitzer Prizes, bringing The Journalâ€™s haul of Pulitzers to 16 during Mr. Steigerâ€™s tenure”

Later, they added, “People close to the situation said that The Journal wanted to ensure a smooth transition in the post-Steiger era and affirm the standing of the newsroom in the corporate culture. In January 2006, Dow Jones picked Richard F. Zannino as its chief executive, the first nonjournalist to run the company in modern times.”

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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.