Jason L. Riley

Jason L. Riley

Editorial Board Member, The Wall Street Journal

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Jason Riley is a member of The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. He joined the paper in 1994 as a copyreader on the national news desk in New York. He moved to the editorial page in 1995 as copyreader and later became a copy editor. In April 1996, he was named to the newly created position of editorial interactive editor and maintained the editorial and Leisure & Arts section of WSJ.com. He was named a senior editorial page writer in March 2000, and member of the Editorial Board in 2005.

Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. Riley earned a bachelor's degree in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has also worked for USA Today and the Buffalo News.

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Opinion

The Recovery Needs Immigrants

May 12, 2020 10:24 pm ET

If made permanent, the president’s restrictive executive order will choke off the supply of workers necessary to bounce back from the coronavirus.

Opinion

Does Coronavirus Doom Density?

April 28, 2020 10:34 pm ET

The pandemic will make suburban, exurban and rural life more tempting for some, but cities will survive.

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