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WSJ reporter leaves for Ernst & Young

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE

Robert Guy Matthews, a reporter at The Wall Street Journal for the past 12 years, is leaving the business newspaper for a position at Ernst & Young.

Here is his farewell message:

Twelve years ago today I joined the Wall Street Journal and today will be my last. I am heading to Ernst & Young’s tax practice here in Washington DC.

Working at the Journal has been a privilege – I got to report from every corner of the world and write about some of the most fascinating people on the planet. I give special thanks to every copy editor who always kept me looking smart in the paper.

But most of my gratitude goes to Clare Ansberry, my editor for most of my time at the WSJ. She helped shape me into the best journalist I could be.

I am proud to have been part of such a talented team of journalists and I will miss reporting for the great Wall Street Journal.

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.

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