WSJ’s Brussels staff reshuffled

Stephen Fidler, who oversees coverage from Brussels for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, sent out the following staff changes:

I’m delighted to announce a great new addition to our ranks in Brussels, and some reshuffling of responsibilities within the bureau, aimed at building on our growing reputation as a source of fresh, reliable and original news and analysis from the capital of the European Union.

Viktoria Dendrinou has joined us from Reuters Breakingviews, where she has worked since 2012. Before that, she was a Nico Colchester Journalism fellow The Economist in London. Viktoria has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, where she studied at Jesus College, and an MSc in Economics from University College London. She will take over responsibilities for covering EU financial regulation. She speaks French and Greek.

Tom Fairless, who has been a constant source of scoops on financial-regulation since arriving in Brussels in February 2013, will move to the competition beat, where he will cover the EU’s response to mergers and acquisitions, cartels and market abuse. He speaks French and German.

Vanessa Mock, who has covered competition for us superbly since she joined in April 2012, will take over our coverage of EU energy and climate policies. She speaks French, German, Dutch, Spanish and fairly solid Italian.

Because of the large number of international meetings and policy matters to cover from Brussels, expect to hear from them also on areas outside their primary specializations.