The Wall Street Journal Washington coverage chief Damian Paletta sent out the following on Monday:
We are thrilled to announce that Brian Schwartz will be joining the bureau as our White House economic policy reporter, starting Oct. 28.
Brian is a news hawk, breaking story after story during a distinguished six-year run as a political finance reporter at CNBC. His pieces are routinely stuffed full of news and pull back the curtain on the intersection of government and business. He has established himself as a dominant reporter by cracking open the country’s corridors of power.
He has written illuminating, ground-breaking stories about Elon Musk’s PAC, George Santos’s fundraising, JD Vance’s Wall Street ties, Kamala Harris’s Wall Street allies, and Mike Bloomberg’s secretive data firm, among others.
