Former WSJ editor Murray joins “News Items” as contributing editor

March 4, 2024
Posted by Chris Roush

Former Wall Street Journal editor Matt Murray is joining independent newsletter “News Items” as a contributing editor.

“News Items” covers “a world in disarray,” financial news, advanced technologies and science.

Murray will write the new weekly “Matt Murray’s Week in Review'”newsletter, recapping the week’s major stories in business and finance every Friday for subscribers.

Murray was the editor-in-chief of The Journal and Dow Jones Newswires from June 2018 to February 2023, responsible for all global newsgathering and editorial operations. Prior to that role, Murray served in a number of roles including national editor, deputy managing editor and deputy editor-in-chief. He joined Dow Jones & Co. in 1994 as a reporter in the Pittsburgh bureau.