Matthew Rose (journalist)


Matthew Rose is a British-born journalist for the Wall Street Journal in New York, where he is the enterprise editor.

Biography

Rose is the son of Susan and Philip Rose of London, England. He graduated with first class honors from Oxford University and has an MA in international affairs from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Rose was previously deputy bureau chief in Washington D.C., and a page-one editor for the Wall Street Journal. He has covered the media industry for the Wall Street Journal and the technology industry for the Wall Street Journal Europe.
In 2000, Rose married Kimberley Ann Strassel in Buxton, Oregon.. The couple have three children. They have since divorced.

Career

In 2016 Rose moved from being deputy Washington, D.C. bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal to become enterprise editor of the Journal.

Notable articles

Rose's 2004 essay on poet Felix Dennis, Felix Dennis, No Pro, Has Spotted His Foe: Poetry's Status Quo; He Likes Meter and Rhyme, Calls Free Verse a Crime And Dog Poems Sublime, was "much discussed.".
In 2007 tensions between Rose and Jonathan Franzen drew attention.