Emma Tucker brought fresh eyes to the Wall Street Journal
23 October 2024

Emma Tucker brought fresh eyes to the Wall Street Journal

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Emma Tucker became the Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief in 2023, and she’s been moving fast ever since.
For starters, there are punchier, more provocative stories and headlines. Just as important: She’s been making a series of cuts and staffing changes. That approach has its critics, but it also seems to be working: Subscriptions are up 7% in the last year.
In our chat, we discuss all of that, plus more: What her background as a British journalist means as stakes out the Journal’s niche of “American capitalism”; why she felt comfortable running a story suggesting that Joe Biden was “slipping” weeks before it became evident to the entire world; and a brief update on Evan Gershkovich, the Journal reporter who spent more than a year in a Russian jail.
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