Journal Editorial Report

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The Journal Editorial Report

Format	Current Events
Starring	Paul Gigot
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	PBS, later on Fox News Channel
Original run	2004-2005 (PBS) 2005 – present (FNC)

The Journal Editorial Report is a weekly American interview and panel discussion TV program on Fox News Channel, hosted by Paul Gigot, editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal. Prior to moving to Fox News, the show aired on PBS for 15 months, ending on December 2, 2005.[1].

Opening with a newsmaker of the week, Gigot usually interviews a guest for the first half of the program, asking questions related to the writings of the guest or a current event of interest to the guest.

Following the guest segment, the program becomes a panel discussion of Wall Street Journal editorial writers giving their opinions on the political, economic, and cultural issues of the current week. The final segment labeled Hits and Misses lets the panelists speculate on what they believe will happen in the upcoming week.

The program is broadcast Saturdays at 11:00 p.m. and Sundays at 6:00 a.m. (all times Eastern)

The transcript of each show appears on OpinionJournal.com on the following Monday.

The political point of view of the panel is primarily libertarian, reflecting the "free markets and free people" philosophy of the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal.[2]

[edit] Panel Members

As of September 2007, these WSJ editorial staff appear on the show:

Daniel Henninger - Deputy Editor of the WSJ Editorial page, and writer on the editorial page since 1977
Dorothy Rabinowitz - 2001 Pullitzer Prize winner for her articles on American Culture and Society. She is an author and was a freelance writer, syndicated columnist and TV commentator prior to joining the WSJ.
Bret Stephens - writes a weekly column on global affairs. Prior to joining the Wall Street Journal in 2004, he was Editor In Chief of the Jerusalem Post for 2 years.
Robert Pollock - features editor - worked 5 years in Brussels, and moved to the US editorial staff in 2000
Jason Riley - in 1996, Jason became the first Interactive Editor for the Leisure & Arts section of WSJ.COM web portal
Kimberley Strassel - Washington based author of Potomac Watch column - prior to joining the editorial staff, she worked in the news section covering real estate and technology.
John Fund, political columnist for the Opinion Journal website, also makes occasional appearances.
James Taranto, who writes the popular "Best of the Web Today" feature for Opinion Journal, also appears occasionally in the role of "funny man."

[edit] Guests

The following is a representative list the people who appeared as guests in 2007:

Stephen F. Hayes - author of "Cheney," the untold story of America's most powerful and controversial vice president.
Max Boot - senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations and author of the book "War Made New", discussing events in Pakistan
Melanie Phillips - columnist for the "Daily Mail" and author of the book "Londonistan." on the failed terror attacks in London and Glasgow
David Satter - former Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times of London and the author of the book "Darkness at Dawn: The Rise of the Russian Criminal State" on events in Russia
Peter Rodman - former Assistant Secretary of Defense for international security affairs and Pentagon's top Asia policy official on the military threat posed by China's military
Dr. Scott Gottlieb - former deputy commissioner of the FDA discussing issues related to the drug approval process
Joel Mowbray - investigative reporter and author of "Diplomacy: How the State Department Threatens America’s Security" discussing the U.S. taxpayer-funded al-Hurra satellite network, which had a sudden shift in its news coverage following the arrival of Larry Register from CNN