• by Ray Schultz , June 27, 2024

The Wall Street Journal is beefing up its national security and enterprise teams in Washington, DC with four new reportorial hires. They include: 

• Alexander Ward, formerly of Politico, is joining the national security team. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his reporting on the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, and has also reported on national security and the White House for Vox.  
• Lara Seligman, who is joining the national security team, is also previously from Politico. She has covered geopolitics in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. She also has covered the Pentagon and national security for Foreign Policy. 
• Joel Schectman, who is coming on board the enterprise team, previously was an investigative reporter for Reuters, covering national security, espionage, cyberattacks and corruption. He covered the failure of the CIA toward Iranian informants. 
• Maggie Severns, who also joins the enterprise team, most recently worked as an enterprise and investigative reporter at the Allbritton Journalism Institute and NOTUS. She has covered dark money and secret influence campaigns.  

“I am confident each of our new additions will be invaluable assets to our Washington coverage,” says Emma Tucker, editor in chief. “Their unique skills and perspectives will undoubtedly enrich our reporting and bring fresh insights to the newsroom as a whole.”