By: Wayne Robins Gigot To Replace 29-Year Veteran Bartley
On Sept. 17, Paul Gigot will become The Wall Street Journal's first new editorial page editor in more than 29 years.
Gigot will be literally giving up his "Potomac Watch" to oversee the pages that have been run by the staunchly conservative Robert L. Bartley, who is approaching 65, Dow Jones' mandatory retirement age for top executives. Gigot is in the process of moving from Washington to the Journal's headquarters overlooking the Hudson River at 200 Liberty St. in Manhattan.
Bartley, who will turn 65 at the end of 2002, will remain editor of the Journal, and Gigot will report to him. Reporting to Gigot will be the Journal's opinion writers, as well as the editorial features, Leisure & Arts writers, and its Asian and European editions. Gigot will also oversee OpinionJournal.com.
Daniel Henninger will continue as deputy editorial page editor, and will write a column on social and cultural issues. Bartley will continue the column "Thinking Things Over," which he has been writing for the last year.
The 46-year-old Gigot is a Dartmouth grad who joined the Journal in 1980 in its Chicago bureau. He was named The Asian Wall Street Journal's first editorial page editor in 1984. Among other accolades, Gigot won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He will become only the fifth editorial page editor in the last 60 years.
Wayne Robins (wrobins@editorandpublisher.com) is an associate editor covering new media for E&P.
Copyright 2001, Editor & Publisher.
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