The WSJ’s presence in India

Wall Street Journal Asia editor Paul Beckett spoke with Medianama.com about the newspaper’s presence in India.

Here is an excerpt:

Medianama: How many people do you have on board? How does this affect the stories you do?

Beckett: 35 – 40 people, including newswires that is split between Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. The team gives us the ability to cover more Indian news. What we produce from India every day, I’m sure, is more than any other international publications in India including editorial, opinions, real time newswires in India etc. We are breaking news, unparalleled news. That’s what we use the people for.

Medianama: How many people does Dow Jones have in India?

Beckett: We are integrated now (Dow Jones and WSJ India), and I run them both. There are also some administrators but not substantially more than 35-40.

Medianama: How have you build up your editorial presence in india?

Beckett: I think we have built it up in a number of different ways. Obviously we have traditional foreign correspondance that’s where our competition remains. We have invested in creating a digital platform where we think the future is going and we are present in the domestic landscapes in ways that others are not.

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