WSJ’s Fritz to cover entertainment industry

Ben Fritz, who had been synthetic intelligence editor at The Wall Avenue Journal, is turning into the publication’s leisure business reporter.

He might be masking every thing in leisure, broadly outlined: Streaming, movie, TV, franchises, and the intersection of media and tech, together with AI.

He was beforehand West Coast editor for U.S. information at The Journal. Earlier than that, he lined the leisure business for the Journal, in addition to the Los Angeles Instances and Selection. He reported and hosted The Journal podcast miniseries “With Nice Energy” and is writer of the bestselling books “The Huge Image: The Battle for the Way forward for Motion pictures” and “All of the President’s Spin.”

Fritz has gained awards from the Society for Superior Enterprise Modifying and Writing and the Los Angeles Press Membership and edited protection that gained awards from the Nationwide Affiliation of Black Journalists and the New York Press Membership.