Emily Russell joins Barron's commentary team as an assistant editor

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Emily Russell is joining the Barron's commentary team as an assistant editor. 

Russell joins us from The Week, where she was writing and editing commentary. She is a graduate of American University and the Columbia Journalism School. She was a Delacorte Magazine Fellow at the Columbia Journalism Review in 2022-2023. She grew up in New Orleans. 

Russell will be based in New York and report to Matt Peterson. Please join us in welcoming her to the newsroom. She starts Tuesday.