How Blumenstein thrived at the WSJ and in her career

Leah Fessler of Quartz interviewed New York Times deputy managing editor Rebecca Blumenstein about her career, particularly her 22 years at The Wall Street Journal. Fessler writes, “Despite the cultural and economic forces that favor men, Blumenstein said the Journal was particularly good at promoting and mentoring women. Two of her promotions occurred when she was on maternity leave, she […]

WSJ seeks reporter to cover EU regulation

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a reporter to cover European Union regulation of competition, antitrust and technology. The beat, based in Brussels, centers on the world’s most active regulator of business today. Recent big stories have included the EU’s $5 billion Google Android fine, its $3 billion Google shopping fine last year and its […]

WSJ reporter Chen to take on work and work culture beat

Te-Ping Chen, a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal in Beijing, is moving to the United States to become the paper’s work and work culture reporter. In Beijing, she writes about politics and society. Chen has been with The Journal since 2012, first in Hong Kong for two years and then in Beijing for the […]

WSJ seeks a reporter to cover electricity, renewable energy

The Wall Street Journal seeks a reporter to cover the electricity business, renewable energy and battery technologies. Electricity is the fastest-growing segment of the energy industry world-wide and is poised to grow further with the adoption of electric vehicles. The business is in the midst of a historic transformation as natural gas, wind and solar […]

WSJ seeks a venture capital reporter

The Wall Street Journal’s Professional Venture Capital group seeks an enterprising, competitive reporter to cover the venture capital deals and issues affecting the industry. WSJ Pro VC is the venture capital profession’s premier source of news, analysis and data about the startup-financing ecosystem. This reporter will break news regularly on the most exciting startups, investors […]

Attention Rachel Maddow: The WSJ did not bury a story

The Wall Street Journal issued the following statement on Friday: On Thursday’s show, Rachel Maddow wrongly asserted that The Wall Street Journal “tried to bury online” an article featuring an interview that reporter Peter Nicholas did with President Trump on Wednesday. Here are the facts: The exclusive ran at the top of WSJ.com on Wednesday […]

Al-Muslim to cover travel, tourism stories for WSJ

Aisha Al-Muslim, a real-time business news reporter at The Wall Street Journal, is now covering tourism, lodging and travel in addition to breaking news. Al-Muslim will write about travel booking companies, cruise lines, hotels, casinos, and related industries that influence and impact leisure and travel. She joined the paper in November 2017 from Newsday. Al-Muslim covered […]

Reuters hires WSJ’s Kirkham as consumer enterprise reporter

Wall Street Journal housing, hotels and casinos reporter Chris Kirkham has joined Reuters as its new consumer enterprise correspondent. Based in Los Angeles, Kirkham was part of a team that broke the story of sexual misconduct allegations involving Steve Wynn, which led to Wynn’s resignation as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee and as chairman and chief executive […]

WSJ seeks a financial enterprise editor

The Wall Street Journal seeks a serious and seasoned editor for an exceptionally compelling role: Financial Enterprise Editor. The editor has a singular mission: Lead a team of reporters to produce enterprising journalism of the highest caliber on the financial world. In other words, do great work on a topic dear to our history and […]

WSJ names Stewart deputy editor of investigations

Wall Street Journal investigations editor Mike Siconolfi sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: All, We’re thrilled to announce that Chris Stewart will be rejoining the Investigative team as a Deputy Editor, working with Deputy Editor Jenn Forsyth and me, starting September 4. For the past year, Chris has been the Journal’s Financial Enterprise Editor, where […]