WSJ hires Petroni for EMEA newswires desk in Barcelona

Giulia Petroni

Giulia Petroni has been hired by the Wall Street Journal to work as a reporter on the EMEA newswires desk in Barcelona.

Petroni spent the summer as an intern with the energy team in London.

Originally from Rome, Petroni earned her master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She has previously worked at Il Gruppo 24 Ore, ABC-affiliated WJLA-TV, Perfil, the Buenos Aires Times and Voice of America.

Petroni is interested in geopolitics, energy and international affairs.

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.