WSJ looking to aggregate news and news judgment
Justin Ellis of the Nieman Journalism Lab writes about how a programmer/reporter at The Wall Street Journal is working on a new news aggregator. Ellis writes, “When Jeremy Singer-Vine was building topheadlin.es, a mobile-ish news aggregator, this was the specific use case he had in mind. ‘For me, I was trying to think: What part […]
How news organizations are moving to video
Brian Stelter of The New York Times writes about how traditional print media organizations such as Thomson Reuters and The Wall Street Journal are now pushing into video production as well. Stelter writes, “Over time, these news organizations believe, the definition and the distribution of television will change, allowing upstarts like The Journal’s live network, […]
Remembering Danny Pearl
Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was killed 10 years ago this week in Pakistan while he was the South Asia bureau chief of the paper. If you do not know who he was, spend some time reading these articles and listen to this recording. I met Danny once, when he worked in Atlanta […]
Dow Jones econ reporter says arrivederci
Luca Di Leo, a senior economics reporter for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal, is leaving the news organization to return to Italy. In an e-mail to his colleagues send Wednesday afternoon, Di Leo wrote, “After a truly eventful 11 years, tomorrow will be my last day at Dow Jones. It’s been an […]
CNBC hires WSJ’s Evans
CNBC senior vice president Nik Deogun sent out the following staff announcement on Wednesday afternoon: I am pleased to announce that Kelly Evans will join CNBC’s on-air team, effective February 27. Her initial assignment will be in London. Kelly has been a reporter and columnist for The Wall Street Journal, penning the influential “Ahead of […]
New WSJ.com show “Off Duty” to air five days a week
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE “Off Duty,” a new 30-minute video show that will launch next month on The Wall Street Journal’s website, will air five days a week, said Alan Murray, executive editor of WSJ Online and deputy managing editor of the paper, on Tuesday. The show will air at 6 p.m. EST. He declined […]
WSJ.com planning new show
The Wall Street Journal, which has been expanding its online video programming in the past year, will introduce a new show next month called “Off Duty.” The show will be hosted by Journal reporter Gwendolyn Bounds, who has been working on some of its online shows already. The show will focus on food, fashion, luxury, […]
Dow Jones looking to hire Bloomberg executive to be its CEO
Russell Adams of The Wall Street Journal reports that its parent company, Dow Jones & Co., is in talks with Bloomberg executive Lex Fenwick to be its next chief executive officer. Former Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton, who also served as Journal publisher, resigned last year after being implicated in the News Corp. phone hacking […]
Dow Jones FX team names assistant news editor
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Michael Casey, managing editor of Americas for foreign exchange, fixed income and economics, made the following staff announcement on Tuesday: It is our pleasure to inform you that Geoffrey Rogow, currently a reporter covering foreign exchange, economics and debt markets in Sydney, will be returning to New York on Feb. 21 […]
WSJ DC bureau hires two staffers
Gerald Seib, the Wall Street Journal bureau chief in Washington, sent out the following staff announcement on Monday: I wanted to alert all to two exciting new additions to the Washington bureau. Peter Nicholas, currently White House correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, will be joining us to become part of our political team in […]
