Options reporter Kiernan leaving WSJ for Law360.com

Kaitlyn Kiernan, an options reporter for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, is leaving the news organization.

Her last day is Friday. She wrote a daily story on activity of note in the options market. She also contributed to reporting on the U.S. stock market.

Kiernan is going to Law360.com to become private equity senior reporter, part of its mergers and acquisitions coverage expansion.

“This will be a totally new form of sourcing for me since so much of that reporting is on background and I can see who my competitors work with,” she said in an email to Talking Biz News on Friday.

In an email to her colleagues, Kiernan wrote:

I’m sad to say today is my last day at Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal. I’m grateful for the time I’ve spent reporting alongside some of the world’s most talented reporters and editors. I will miss this place and many of the people here.

I wish you all the best and hope our paths cross again. Please stay in touch.

Kiernan had worked for The Journal/Dow Jones for the past two years. Before that, she was an intern at Bloomberg News. She is a Boston University graduate.