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James Hagerty

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Freelance writer. 40-year veteran of Wall Street Journal on 3 continents. Author of Yours Truly, a guide to writing your own story.

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James R. (Bob) Hagerty, based in Pittsburgh, is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Over the past 30 years, he has worked as a reporter, editor and bureau chief for The WSJ and the International Herald Tribune in Hong Kong, London, Brussels, Paris, Atlanta and New York. He holds a degree in economics from the University of North Dakota and is is the author of “The Fateful History of Fannie Mae” (History Press, 2012). He is the founder of a Scrabble club in Mt. Lebanon, Pa.

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Brian Dyson, the Coca-Cola Executive Who Championed New Coke, Dies at Age 90

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By James Hagerty Verified
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
The soda flopped spectacularly when introduced in 1985, but the company soon bounced back—and so did Dyson Brian Dyson helped lead the hugely successful launch of Diet Coke Joel Congdon/Houston Chronicle/Getty Images Brian Dyson, who grew up on a ranch in Argentina, was an outsider when he was named chief executive of Coca-Cola’s USA division in 1978. He quickly zeroed in on two big problems: Coca-Cola had very little control over its bottlers, who packaged and distributed the product.
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Wally Funk, Aspiring Female Astronaut Who Finally Went Into Space, Dies at 87

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By James Hagerty Verified
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
A pilot, she waited 60 years before she finally made the trip with Jeff Bezos Aug. 14, 2026 12:35 pm ET Wally Funk speaking after space flight as Mark Bezos, left, and Jeff Bezos look on in 2021. Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press As part of a test for potential astronauts in 1961, Wally Funk had cold water squirted into her ears, a rubber tube pushed down her throat and a needle jabbed into the base of one of her thumbs.
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R. James Woolsey, Embattled CIA Director in Clinton Administration, Dies at 84

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| The Wall Street Journal Verified
July 22, 2026 10:14 am ET R. James Woolsey, who headed the Central Intelligence Agency in the first two years of the Clinton administration when Congress was seeking to slash its budget and the agency was reeling from the discovery that one of its senior employees had sold secrets to Moscow, died Tuesday at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 84. His wife, Conchita Sarnoff, said the cause was a stroke.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I founded my own newspaper, Worm Killers, at age five.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I'll give you a hint: I was born in 1956.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

By email.