Another WSJ editor takes senior Reuters role

Deputy managing editor and page one editor at the Journal, Freedman previously oversaw ethics and standards of high-impact stories in the newspaper and on the Dow Jones newswires. She won a Pulitzer prize in 1996 for her tobacco industry reporting at the Journal, which she joined in 1984 in Philadelphia. She became the newspaper’s page one editor in May when Michael Williams left to become Reuters global enterprise editor.

At Reuters she replaces Jim Gaines who joined in April and this week was appointed Americas editor. Previously the ethics job was held by Dean Wright who left the company in April.

Stephen Adler, a former WSJ editor who became Reuters editor-in-chief in February, said Freedman was one of the world's most esteemed journalists. He told staff: “At Reuters, Alix will help fuel our drive for journalistic excellence by working closely with reporters and editors on major stories, final-reading many signature pieces, and holding us all to the high standards set out in the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles and the Reuters Handbook of Journalism. A long-time leader of ethics training at the Journal, Alix will also collaborate with our training team to make sure we provide the best possible instruction.” ■