WSJ names Wordock senior editor in multimedia

John Wordock

Wall Street Journal managing editor Gerard Baker sent out the following staff announcement on Monday:

I am delighted to announce that John Wordock is joining the video team as Senior Editor responsible for Multimedia.
John will work in a leading role with video to develop that crucial part of our business and will also oversee our future digital audio strategy. He will work with Chris Cramer and Andy Regal as we focus on the next phase of our video ambitions and deploy his very particular skills on our podcasting and digital content objectives for smartphone and in-car usage.
John was most recently Executive Editor of the Wall Street Journal Radio Network and has more than 20 years experience in TV, radio and digital for Dow Jones, CBS Marketwatch, AP and Bloomberg. He is, without doubt, one of the most talented leaders in this space and has received multiple awards in radio and digital. He stands out as a key digital ambassador for our future plans. In this new role he will report to Al Anspaugh.
Please join me in congratulating John as he begins a new phase of his career.

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.