Neil McIntosh is to start hiring bloggers and business journalists for the Wall Street Journal Europe edition in the next year, he revealed at a talk with students of the University of Westminster last Thursday.
The outgoing editorial director of the Guardian online is becoming the editor of the European edition of WSJ.com, the Wall Street Journal’s website.
“There are only a few jobs left for digital journalism,” Neil McIntosh said. He sees his new job as a “good opportunity to try out new things”.
He is dismissing criticism of Rupert Murdoch buying the Wall Street Journal. “I heard nothing but good things,” McIntosh said. He is certain that the Journal’s journalism will not change through the new ownership.
The Journal managing editor, Marcus Brauchli, stepped down due to a shift in the focus of articles, The Wall Street Journal revealed in April. Critical voices claimed that there has been more emphasis on shorter news stories and more general news since Rupert Murdoch owns the paper.
“It is very hard to leave the Guardian,” admitted McIntosh. In his blog, he said it was a privilege to work there, building up blogs and launching the audio and video services.
He was working for the Guardian for more than nine years. It was Neil McIntosh, who started building blogs, one of the most successful parts of the Guardian website. He revealed that the website had half a million page views a month before "
comment is free" was launched. More than two years later the page views have increased to ten million.
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