WSJ appoints biz journalist as Europe editor

The Wall Street Journal has selected financial journalist, Patience Wheatcroft as editor-in-chief of its European operations, SmartMoney reports.

Based in London, Wheatcraft will head up a global growth push for mainly digital content.

Wheatcraft resigned as a Barclays PLC (BCS) director to take on the position at the Wall Street Journal.
Prior to her post at Barclays, she was editor of the U.K.'s Sunday Telegraph from 2006 to 2007 and prior to that served as business and city editor of The Times for nearly a decade.

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