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“Following the change in ownership of Dow Jones and the Journal, I have concluded the time is right to consider new career possibilities,” Brauchli said in a statement. “I revere the Journal and hold my colleagues here, both old and new, in the highest regard. There isn’t a better team in journalism, and I will greatly miss working with them on a daily basis.”
Friends and current and former colleagues, all of whom requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter, differed as to whether he was being forced out, or leaving out of frustration.
Brauchli, a former foreign correspondent who has been with Dow Jones since 1984, was named managing editor in April 2007, and took the helm the next month. He was a popular choice in the newsroom, where he is well liked and respected.
Looking around, it’s obvious Brauchli is well liked and respected by his peers throughout the craft.
Great news! The editors at the Wall Street Journal were caught on film last year ridiculing the general public’s reaction to the Amnesty bill proposal. The elite and snobbish group of 10 were clucking about Americans not understanding the wonderful benefits of Open Borders. They even had the chutzpah to talk about the financial gain from the pressure on maintain low wages.
Sayonara. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!
This is the beginning of the fallout from Rupert Murdoch’s purchase of the Journal last year. Murdoch wants more standard (non financial) news stories, he wants more short coverage, and he wants a flashier frontpage and design. The inclusion of non-financial coverage isn’t a killer, nor are design issues. But the push towards shorter coverage is a bad sign. I know it’s annoying that almost any story of significance gets continued on “page 12”, but that’s partly because their coverage is thorough. If I want sound bites, I don’t need the Journal.
Murdoch has also intimated that he doesn’t favor the types of slowly gestating stories that sometimes take a year of research prior to publication. If he slashes support for those, that would be a major hit to the Journal.
#2 “Murdoch has also intimated that he doesn’t favor the types of slowly gestating stories that sometimes take a year of research prior to publication.”
Yeah, I once worked with a WSJ reporter as a source for 6 months to get a story done correctly.
I’d hate to see that quality go away.
I graduated from a top J-school that held the WSJ as Mecca and Murdoch as Hitler…that was a looong time ago, tho…am guessing this is only the end of the beginning.
What does it matter, anyway? Everyone has a Gutenberg these days. All hail Internet democracy…
There’s no media outlet Rupert Murdoch can’t ruin.