WSJ makes appointments to political team

Wall Street Journal executive editor Alma Latour sent out the following announcement on Monday:

We’re pleased to announce new appointments that will strengthen our political coverage in Washington, D.C.:

Reid Epstein joins the Wall Street Journal’s national reporting team and is named lead Washington Wire blogger. Reid comes to us from Politico, where among other prime assignments, he covered the 2012 presidential campaign and the White House. Before that he worked at Newsday and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; he began his career as a Journal intern in New York.

Autumn Brewington will join as editor overseeing political analysis and expert contributions. Most recently, Autumn was the op-ed page editor at The Washington Post, where she not only oversaw all aspects of the paper’s daily op-ed page but its weekly Washington Forum and Sunday Opinion pages as well.

Natalie Wardel is appointed social media editor for the Journal’s Washington team. Natalie was social media director for KSL 5 News in Utah since 2011; while there, she oversaw sharp growth in online traffic. She holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of San Diego.

They join Sloan Dickey, who recently joined the Washington bureau as a video journalist, and will report to Jerry Seib, who will oversee Capital Journal, the new home for our political coverage on WSJ.com. More key hires will follow in time to come.

The Journal newsroom is committed to deepening our coverage and digital presence in Washington, including through the launch of a newsletter, new features and more events.