WSJ named hottest publication in business news

The Wall Street Journal has been named the hottest business news publication of the year by Adweek.

Patrick Kulp writes, “As other publications saw digital advertising spend plummet this year amid the pandemic, the Journal managed to log an ad revenue uptick of 4% over last year and traffic and audience growth of 86%. Meanwhile, the leading business newspaper has been steadily lessening its reliance on such revenue flows, growing its subscriber base to 3 million this year (2.2 million digital-only). The quality of its business journalism remains top-notch, with the publication leading coverage on stories like investigations into Amazon’s dealings with sellers and how Google manages its search algorithm.”

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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.