Jason Rogers Appointed Senior Editor in Asia Pacific Region for Dow Jones Newswires

Jason Rogers Appointed Senior Editor in Asia Pacific Region for Dow Jones
Newswires

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 Jones
Newswires.

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www.dowjonesnewswires.com or to learn more about the Dow Jones Enterprise
Media Group, visit www.solutions.dowjones.com.

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