#82 — Louise Story (Wall Street Journal)

Hello! Welcome to another episode of the Inside The Newsroom podcast. It’s been a while since we hit the airwaves, but now that the paywall is up and the bulk of the world’s elections are completed, I plan to bring you a podcast every week until Christmas. Leading things off is my colleague Louise Story, The Wall Street Journal’s Chief News Strategist and Chief Product and Technology Officer. We talked about how Louise rose through the newsroom, a couple of crucial management concepts she learned at business school, and the emergence and future of strategy within journalism. We also mentioned the rise of newsroom strategy jobs, so I’ve listed below a selection of relevant postings we recently added to the job board. Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of Instagram, so take a read of this masterpiece by The New Yorker’s Jia Tolentino on The Age of Instagram Face. As ever, thank you for supporting the newsletter. You are literally the ones that make it happen. 🙏

Job Corner

Full-Time

* Business Insider — Editorial Subscriptions Strategist — New York

* Politico — Product Manager — Arlington, VA

* The Economist — SEO Manager — London/New York

* The Independent — Product Manager — London

* The New York Times — Product Designer — New York

Internships

* Business Insider — Social Media Fellow — London

* Dallas Morning News — Audience Engagement Intern — Dallas

* Philadelphia Magazine — Audience Development Intern — Philadelphia

* Spectrum Networks — Product Intern — Colorado

* The Texas Tribune — Engagement Fellow — Austin

Who is Louise Story?

Louise is currently The Wall Street Journal’s Chief News Strategist and Chief Product and Technology Officer. She returned to WSJ two years ago having interned there in the summer of 2004, and previously spent the bulk of her career at The New York Times in various reporting, editing and strategic positions. Before all of that, Louise put the time in to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge in the classroom, gaining a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Yale, a master’s in journalism from Columbia before returning to Yale for an MBA. She now leads a team of more than 150 people at the Journal known as DXS — Digital Experience & Strategy — all working toward the goal of mak