WSJ names new markets desk chief

Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Matt Murray sent out the following promotion on Monday:

We are delighted to announce that Tim Annett has been named Markets Desk Chief in New York, effective immediately.

Tim is well-suited to this important job, running the hard-charging desk that does much of the real-time editing for finance and markets as well as the editing for the Money & Investing section of the U.S. paper and the finance sections of the overseas editions. He has been serving as acting chief for the last few months and before that had been deputy editor of the markets desk since its formation in 2008.

He joined the Journal in 2000 as an editor on wsj.com’s evening shift, and from there went on to cover economic news for the site, write the Afternoon Report and Evening Wrap email newsletters and lead wsj.com’s markets team, editing online news coverage and the MarketBeat blog through the peak of the financial crisis. Before coming to the Journal, Tim worked on the business news and city desks at the St. Petersburg Times in Florida from 1995-2000.

Tim will report to Francesco, and work especially closely with Rick Brooks and Emma Moody, completing the full integration of the new global finance team. He will also coordinate with the Real-Time News Desk on breaking news coverage and other digital priorities.