John Robert Emshwiller is a senior national correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.

In 2002, he shared the Gerald Loeb Award

Gerald Loeb Award

The Gerald Loeb Award, also referred to as the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, is a recognition of excellence in journalism, especially in the fields of business, finance and the economy. The award was established in 1957 by Gerald Loeb, a founding partner of...

 for his coverage of the unfolding Enron scandal

Enron scandal

The Enron scandal, revealed in October 2001, eventually led to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation, an American energy company based in Houston, Texas, and the dissolution of Arthur Andersen, which was one of the five largest audit and accountancy partnerships in the world...

 with Rebecca Smith. The two authored a book on the scandal entitled 24 Days.

Emshwiller served as Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Californian

The Daily Californian

The Daily Californian is an independent, student-run newspaper that serves the University of California, Berkeley campus and its surrounding community. It is published Monday through Friday during the academic year, and twice a week during the summer...

, the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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 student newspaper, in Spring 1971. An editorial written during his tenure has been attributed by many people as the cause the People's Park riot. As an outgrowth of that event, and during his tenure, the University and the Daily Californian severed the University's official sponsorship, and the newspaper became an independent off-campus newspaper.