Writer of latest BusinessWeek cover story leaving for WSJ

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE

Jessica Silver-Greenberg, who wrote the latest cover story for Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine, confirmed to Talking Biz News on Wednesday that she is leaving Bloomberg for a job at The Wall Street Journal.

Silver-Greenberg’s cover story was on market experts who have been predicting a bear market. At BusinessWeek, she covered consumer credit, student loans, predatory lending, and education, as well as general finance topics. Before joining the magazine, she worked as an investigator for the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem where she helped defend men and women charged with felonies.

Silver-Greenberg says she will be working for the Money and Investing section of the Journal. While there, she might occasionally work with Rob Hunter, a former Businessweek assistant managing editor who is now the Journal’s personal finance editor. Ken Brown is the head of the section.

She previously was a reporter for BusinessWeek.com. She has written previously for The New York Times, Ms. Magazine, Newsweek and Pacifica Radio’s WBAI. Silver-Greenberg has a degree in literature and American studies from Princeton University.