2 top editors to depart Wall Street Journal

Posted Thursday, May 25, 2023 4:32 pm

Katie Robertson | The New York Times

Two of The Wall Street Journal’s top editors will leave the publication, its new editor in chief, Emma Tucker, said on Thursday.

In an email to the staff, Ms. Tucker said Neal Lipschutz and Jason Anders, both deputy editors in chief, would depart “after many years of distinguished service.”

“A new deputy editor will be announced in due course,” Ms. Tucker wrote.

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