WSJ’s Wordock hired by Westwood One

John Wordock

John Wordock, executive producer of podcasts at The Wall Street Journal, has been hired by Westwood One to be executive editor of podcasts.

Omar Sanchez of The Wrap writes, “Wordock, who before the Wall Street Journal helmed the radio arm of MarketWatch.com from 2007 to 2013, will be responsible for content strategy and development at the network starting Feb. 15.

“The former Wall Street Journal executive editor, podcasts launched the future tech podcast ‘The Future of Everything’ for the WSJ podcast network in 2018. The podcast was nominated at the 2019 iHeart Radio Awards for best science & tech podcast.

“‘I’m honored to be joining a company with such a robust history and strong commitment to audio. I look forward to working closely with Suzanne Grimes and the team as we continue to fuel the meteoric growth of Westwood One Podcast Network,’ Wordock said in a statement.”

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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.