Dow Jones Newswires Adds Seasoned Financial Journalists, Including Top Debt-Market Writer, to Global Editorial Team
19 May 2009 - 6:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
LONDON, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones & Company, a News
Corporation company (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV;
http://www.newscorp.com/), today announced two new editorial hires
at Dow Jones Newswires to enhance reporting and analysis of
companies, industries and events for the global investment banking
community. Jamie Miyazaki joins the Hong Kong team as a senior
writer covering Asia. Alessandro Pasetti joins as a senior writer
reporting on aerospace, defense, automotive, industrials, retail
and chemicals out of the London office. "Our continued investment
in experienced and highly respected editorial and industry talent
ensures that our investment banking subscribers receive the most
insightful commentary, analysis and sector intelligence available,"
said Adam Smallman, Global Managing Editor for Investment Banking
Solutions at Dow Jones. "Our overarching editorial strategy is to
deliver critical information and original insight to financial
professionals, which will enable them to provide optimal strategic
advice on M&A, restructuring and other transactions to their
corporate clients. Jamie and Alessandro are seasoned reporters
whose deep knowledge of equity and debt capital markets and private
finance as well as their experience reporting on corporate strategy
make them a great addition to our investment banking editorial
team." Mr. Miyazaki was previously based in Tokyo as a Dow Jones
Newswires correspondent, covering investment banking, private
equity, corporate news and equity markets. He has also freelanced
for the Economist Intelligence Unit as a Japan analyst, and written
for BBC Online, Jane's Intelligence Review and Time Asia. Mr.
Miyazaki holds a Master of Arts in Japanese studies from Edinburgh
University. Mr. Pasetti is among the best-sourced writers on the
syndicated loan market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa,
having worked for more than three years at tightly focused news
service Loan Radar. Earlier, he held positions at Hypo- und
Vereinsbank and Bear Stearns as a junior equity analyst and worked
on his research thesis in cooperation with the Equity Trading &
Research Department of Italy's Unicredit Banca Mobiliare. He holds
a degree in Economics and Trading from Universita' degli Studi di
Brescia in Italy. Mr. Miyazaki and Mr. Pasetti, whose hires are
effective immediately, will report to Mr. Smallman. Dow Jones
Newswires is a part of the Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, which
is a division within Dow Jones & Company. ABOUT DOW JONES Dow
Jones & Company (http://www.dowjones.com/) is a News
Corporation company (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV;
http://www.newscorp.com/). Dow Jones is a leading provider of
global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media
Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and
the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group
includes Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Client
Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information
Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based
information franchises. Dow Jones owns 50% of SmartMoney and 33% of
STOXX Ltd. and provides news content to radio stations in the U.S.
DATASOURCE: Dow Jones & Company CONTACT: Media Contact:
Konstantin Shishkin of Walek & Associates for Dow Jones,
+1-212-590-0532, , or Dow Jones Media Contact: Michael Burns,
+44-0-20-3217-5434, Web Site: http://www.newscorp.com/
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