Rebecca Smith, who worked at the WSJ for more than 20 years, has died.
She was one of the smartest journalists to cover power & utilities. Many of you have read her work (think CA energy crisis, Enron and PG&E). A thread about a reporter I really admired:
https://t.co/Sb9iYYqEow
A real privilege to write this. Thank you to @ChristianCaple, @BruceOrwall, @sreidreporter, Luke Esser, Bruce Taylor, and many more for making this possible.
The first excerpt of our new book MESSI vs. RONALDO is in this weekend's @WSJ
It's the untold, almost unbelievable story of how Nike had both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo at the dawn of their careers—and let Messi get away.
By @JoshRobinson23 and me:
https://t.co/38rwCPqo2B
I sat down with Kylian Mbappé to discuss a lifetime spent becoming a star, the 22 World Cup, the Messi/Ronaldo era, and what exactly Qatar is doing with PSG.
“It’s as if he was born to be where he is today,” says Arsène Wenger.
For the cover of @WSJMag:
https://t.co/RAXVuuUkNz
For the first time, my colleague @louiseradnofsky writes what it was like to test Covid-positive at the Beijing Olympics.
Her harrowing experience of indefinite detention is now playing out among millions of Chinese people.
https://t.co/7pDJwdDgGm
What the WSJ's @louiseradnofsky went thru during the Olympics in China was a closely-kept secret only a few of us in Beijing were privy to. Until now.
(She's incredible. She covered the entire figure skating debacle as this whole drama was happening!)
https://t.co/U1hf1sXl5w
All of the ‘zero-Covid’ policies that have locked down China for weeks and even months at a time were on display when Beijing hosted the 2022 Olympic Games. I know, because I tested positive there.
https://t.co/ZL60IX1Iht via @WSJ
If you're wondering whether @wetlegband has any cred with the rock snobs, @davespazz just dropped 'Chaise Lounge' into a set alongside T Rex, Gene Vincent and Jerry Lee Lewis on @wfmu. So that's settled.
Baseball has been waiting to see how Steve Cohen would apply his hedge fund background to the Mets. Now we can see it for the first time — a bunch of his Point72 executives have second jobs working in baseball. Great scoop by Juliet Chung and @jareddiamond