WSJ’s blogs name two writers

Stephen Grocer, who oversees The Wall Street Journal‘s Dealbook blog, made the following staff announcement on Monday:

We are pleased to announce the addition of two new bloggers to Money & Investing.

Steven Russolillo has joined The Wall Street Journal as a blogger for MarketBeat, giving readers of WSJ.com real-time markets news and insight. Steven joins MarketBeat from Dow Jones Newswires where he had been markets reporter since May 2011. At Dow Jones, Steven has held a variety of positions including technology reporter, market talk editor and reporting assistant. Before joining Dow Jones, Steven was a news assistant in the sports department for The News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware.

Steven graduated from the University of Delaware in May 2007 with a B.A. in history.

David Benoit is also joining the Journal to take the helm of the Deal Journal. A Dow Jones Newswires reporter covering Bank of American and J.P. Morgan, David already has been a regular contributor to the blog with his sharp and often funny posts about these widely watched institutions and banking broadly. David joined Dow Jones upon his college graduation in 2008, starting on the rewrite desk and then moving to the Hot Stocks team before taking on his current beat. He’s also done some markets and legal coverage.

David, who graduated from Boston College with degrees in English and History, has also reported for some local newspapers and covered high school sports for the Boston Globe.