WSJ reporter Meckler leaving for Washington Post

Laura Meckler

Wall Street Journal reporter Laura Meckler has resigned to accept a position with the Washington Post.

Meckler, who covered immigration and demographics for The Journal, will become the Post’s national education writer.

She starts at the end of the month.

“I am beyond grateful for the opportunities I had, the boatloads I learned and talented people I worked with at the Journal,” wrote Meckler on Twitter.

Meckler has been with The Journal for 13 years. Before her current beat, she covered politics and policy issues, including the White House, three presidential campaigns and health care.

Before The Journal, Meckler spent nine years at the Associated Press, covering health policy, welfare reform, children and families, Social Security and presidential politics.

She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis.

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.