Simons returns to Wall Street Journal

John Simons, who had been at the International Business Times until March, has returned to The Wall Street Journal after being away for 16 years.

Simons tells Talking Biz News that he is the deputy bureau chief of the management group, helping to lead and edit a team of reporters who cover leadership, business strategy, corporate culture, workplace and career issues.

Before leaving the International Business Times in March, Simons had been its enterprise editor and its business editor. He joined in October 2014.

He previously was technology and media editor at The Associated Press here in New York, where he oversaw coverage of technology companies, trends, product reviews, and consumer issues.

Simons has also been an editorial director at Black Enterprise, a staff writer at Fortune magazine where he wrote on science and technology, including biotech and pharmaceuticals, an economic policy reporter at the Journal from 1997 to 2000, and a senior editor at U.S. News & World Report.

He was also Markle Fellow at the New America Foundation, where he focused on technology policy and economic opportunity in the digital age.

While at Fortune, Simons won a National Association of Black Journalists “Salute to Excellence” award for “Out of Africa,” a story about genealogical research and personal DNA testing.