Wall Street Journal

Gráinne McCarthy is chief news editor at the Wall Street Journal. Based in New York, she helps drive the biggest stories of the day across the Journal newsroom. A native of Skibbereen in West Cork, Gráinne moved back to the U.S. last year from her perch in London, where she held various roles with the Journal, including senior news editor for EMEA. She previously served as Paris bureau chief for five years and was also based in Indonesia.

Gráinne is a graduate of Dublin City University and the University of Limerick, and was a Knight-Bagehot fellow at Columbia University in 2001.