Jason Rogers Appointed Senior Editor in Asia Pacific Region for Dow Jones Newswires
May 18 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones today announced that
Jason Rogers has been appointed senior editor for Dow Jones
Newswires in the Asia Pacific region. Based in Singapore, Mr.
Rogers will assume the role June 1, 2009, and will lead Dow Jones
Newswires editorial operations in the region. Since 2007, Mr.
Rogers has served as editor overseeing news coverage in the Asia
Pacific region. In that role, he has supervised the region's
managing editors for equities, money, commodities, energy and
markets, as well as the bureau chiefs of Australia, New Zealand,
Japan and South Korea. Mr. Rogers moved to Singapore in 2004 from
London, where he was senior news editor for European, Middle
Eastern and African (EMEA) equities. He joined Dow Jones Newswires
in 1996 as a commodities reporter in London and was later promoted
to the position of managing editor for EMEA equities before
becoming senior news editor. "Jason is well-qualified to lead the
region," said Neal Lipschutz, senior vice president and managing
editor, Dow Jones Newswires. "In his 13 years with Newswires, he
has directed news coverage for two of our three regions, supervised
regional coverage of multiple asset classes, and served with
distinction as a reporter." Jason is a graduate of St. Hughs
College, Oxford, and holds an M.A. in Japanese studies from Essex
University, U.K., and Dokkyo University, Japan. Mr. Rogers succeeds
Gabriella Stern, who will move to the U.S. to take up the newly
created position of senior editor, global news coverage, for Dow
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