TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE
Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson sent out the following e-mail to the staff Monday morning:
“I am delighted to announce that Betsy McKay is our new Atlanta Bureau Chief. She has been deputy chief in the bureau since October 2008 and has worked as a reporter in Georgia for nearly a decade, covering
“Betsy joined the Journal in 1996 as a reporter in the Moscow bureau after several years writing in Russia for The Moscow Times, Newsweek and other publications. Fluent in Russian, she was a member of a team of Journal reporters awarded the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for in-depth analytical coverage of the Russian financial crisis. Her innate understanding of the byzantine nature of Russian government has prepared her well for her role as a chief. She will report to Matt Murray in her new position — please join me in congratulating Betsy.”
McKay replaces Douglas Blackmon.
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