Inside The Wall Street Journal

There are many different, interesting aspects to the Wall Street Journal, making it a diverse and informative guide to finance and business happening all over the world. It covers a wide range of categories and features, with multiple departments working towards informing the entire world of both groundbreaking financial collapses, and mundane bits of news for those who trade stocks. The Wall Street Journal used to contain as many as 96 pages in a single publication. However, with the decline in advertising, it has been forced to push its page-count to somewhere around 50-60.

The first section of the Wall Street Journal includes mostly corporate news, opinion pages, and economic/political reporting. There is also the "Marketplace", which covers issues relating to media, technology, and health Monday-Friday. It also discusses marketing industries, which was added to the publication in 1980. There is also the money and investing section in the Journal, which covers international financial markets and analyzes certain trends which are currently going on. This is the third section which was officially added in 1988.

The "Personal Journal" is included in the Journal Tuesday-Thursday, covering a range of issues including career pursuits, personal investments, and cultural pursuits. This section was added in 2002. The "Weekend Journal" is published only on Fridays, exploring such topics as real estate, sports, and travel. This is the more personal side of the publication, and one which has gained immense popularity since it was first included in 1998. The "pursuits" section used to be published on Saturdays, but it has since switched to the "Weekend Journal". This section covers topics such as books, culture, shopping, sports, travel, and entertainment as well as cooking.

Economic issues have always been a regular staple of the Wall Street Journal. This publication has been considered the authority on business and economic issues for years now, since the days of the Reagan Administration where the WSJ talked heavily about supply-side economics. It expanded on economic topics which were previously unclear to many, such as the Laffer curve. The WSJ has also discussed in detail their general support for fixed exchange rates, a somewhat controversial area among economists. Many of the views and opinions expressed in the WSJ can be compared to "The Economist", a similar publication based out of London. Although they are widely considered to be rival publications, their views on economic and business matters tend to align quite frequently.

Political issues have also been discussed in the Wall Street Journal on many occasions. One of the more controversial stances the WSJ takes involves having a less restrictive policy for immigrants who wish to enter the U.S as legal citizens. Despite the overall assumption that the Journal is filled with right-wing Republicans, their financial and political views can sometimes lean left. In recent issues, the Journal has also come out as supporting Israel and opposing the Palestine statehood. However, there are also many conservative views in the publication, such as certain articles which are particularly critical of scientific theories such as global warming. Some speculate that this is the direct result of Rupert Murdoch purchasing the publication.