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Wall Street Journal Online

Guide and info for WSJ

The Wall Street Journal

About The Wall Street Journal


The Wall Street Journal is a global news organization that provides leading news, information, commentary and analysis. Published by Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal engages readers across print, digital, mobile, social and video. Building on its heritage as the preeminent source of global business and financial news, the Journal includes coverage of U.S. & world news, politics, arts, culture, lifestyle, sports and health. It holds 38 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism. Mason Libraries provide access to other current newspaper holdings, including the Financial Times’ FT.comDow Jones’ Factiva News Page, the Chronicle of Higher Education, NYTimes.com and the Economist Online.

     Note: FT.com access ends on June 30, 2021.

George Mason University students, faculty and staff have individual access to WSJ.com, the online version of The Wall Street Journal. While the Journal is the nation's leading business newspaper, it is also a premier source of high-quality news and information on many topics, for example, national and international politics and economics, the arts, books, careers, food and wine, travel and sports.

However, no one has time to read and absorb all the rich content published each day in the Journal.  This guide will help you discover how to read the Journal in an efficient manner and to find the news and information that is of most interest to you.