Where are they Now?

By Kyle Austin

June 26th, 2008

By Kyle Austin

13 Months after Rupert’s takeover of the Wall Street Journal, John Koblin of the New York Observer gives us a “laundry list” of departures.

Portfolio:
oScott Paltrow, investigative writer at The Journal, now a contributing editor
oPeter Waldman, investigative writer, now a senior writer
oDan Golden, Pulitzer-winning reporter, now a senior editor
oHilary Stout, editor of Personal Journal, now a senior editor
oDoug Frantz, senior writer, agreed to join the L.A. Times but left for Portfolio

The New York Times:
o Tara Parker-Pope, health writer
o Brooks Barnes, reporter at The Journal, now a movie business reporter
o Ron Lieber, left The Journal for Dow-Jones-IAC joint venture, now a columnist

Financial Times:
o Henny Sender, senior special writer for Money & Investing, now an international financial correspondent

Orlando Sentinel:
o Robert Block, Homeland Security reporter, now space editor

IAC:
o Ed Felsenthal, deputy managing editor, now working with Tina Brown on her new project for Barry Diller (he originally left for Portfolio)

The Economist:
o Greg Ip, senior special writer and Federal Reserve reporter, now U.S. economics editor

Fortune:
o James Bandler, Pulitzer-winning reporter, will be U.S. economics editor

Forbes:
o Anita Raghavan, London-based reporter, now European bureau chief
o Rebecca Buckman, special writer at San Francisco bureau, now a staffer

BusinessWeek:
o Paul Barrett, editor (only at The Journal briefly)

Reuters:
o Robert MacMillan, reporter (also at The Journal briefly)

Bloomberg:
o Laurie Hays, deputy managing editor, now executive editor for company news

Prospective Jobs:
o Marcus Brauchli, former managing editor, top candidate for Washington Post executive editorship and currently a consultant for NewsCorp.

Academia:
o Bill Grueskin, former deputy managing editor, becoming a dean at Columbia’s journalism school

Public relations gigs:
o Sally Beatty, philanthropy reporter, joined Pfizer’s PR department
o Kathryn Kranhold, GE reporter, joined Sard Verbinnen & Co.

Investment jobs:
o Jonathan Clements, former personal finance columnist, now at Citigroup
o Laurie Cohen, former senior special writer, going to a hedge fund.

 

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