Business publication Wall Street Journal, owned by Dow Jones & Co, a division of News Corporation, has an online presence through its Indian online edition and India Real Time blog. The Asian edition of the Wall Street Journal is also published in India. In an interaction with MediaNama, Paul Beckett, recently appointed the Asia Editor of the Wall Street Journal, spoke about its presence in India, their editorial approach, the difference between the web and print editions, the India Real Time blog and its Hindi edition, Indian readers, among other things. Note that at the time this interview was conducted (last month), Beckett was the South Asia Bureau Chief, operating out of New Delhi. Medianama: Why is the Wall Street Journal in India? Beckett: We are in India for two reasons – one for traditional correspondence from India writing about one of the important countries in the world. Two, to bring Wall Street Journal's journalism to India and Indian readers and be a part of the ongoing conversation. Medianama: How is online Wall Street Journal India different from its fax similie hard copy edition? Beckett: Asian Wall Street Journal is what we publish here in our print edition. It looks at an enormous part of Asia and India is only a part of it. We publish only what is important about India in it. On the Indian website, we focus on India, and we publish 20 good stories in a day which are in-depth stories and I will put them up even…
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