AAJA member, Raju Narisetti, has been appointed deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal in addition to being editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe. He is based in Brussels and will continue to direct all Journal reporting teams and coverage from Europe and the Middle East.
Raju became editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe in August 2005. He has been instrumental in the development of the European edition as a convenient, easy-to-read, global business news briefing which includes the launch of a compact format on Oct. 17, 2005 to replace the broadsheet edition and closer integration with The Wall Street Journal Online.
Raju was appointed managing editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe in February 2003, responsible for the day-to-day news operations of the newspaper. Under his news stewardship, the Journal Europe won several journalism honors, including a 2004 Overseas Press Club award, the German Marshall Fund prize, the 2004 Best International Publication award from Media Tenor and six 'Business Journalist of the Year' 2005 awards from the World Leadership Forum. Raju also played a key role in the creation and execution of a Global News Desk for all three editions of The Wall Street Journal and was also named Global News Editor/Europe for the Journal in September 2003.
Prior to his European stint, Raju was a deputy national editor for The Wall Street Journal in New York from April 2002, helping guide daily news coverage.
Born in Hyderabad, India, Raju earned a bachelor's degree in economics and sociology from Osmania University in Hyderabad. He received a Master's in Business Management from the Institute of Rural Management in Anand, India; a postgraduate diploma from the Times of India School of Journalism in New Delhi and an M.A. in journalism from Indiana University in Bloomington.
Raju currently lives in Brussels with his wife Kim and two daughters.
Biography courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.