He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, where he graduated in 1983 with a 1st Class Honors Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He has been a journalist for more than 30 years, writing and broadcasting for some of the world’s most famous news organizations, including his tenure at The Financial Times, The Times of London, and The BBC. Baker was Deputy Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal from 2009-2013.

Baker previously served as Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones from 2013-2018. This same merged data set has been used in other papers to evaluate the effect of house price declines on voter participation (McCartney,2021) and the effect of political polarization on home sales (McCartney et al.,2021). Baker is also host of “WSJ at Large with Gerry Baker,” a weekly news and current affairs interview show on the Fox Business Network, and the weekly WSJ Opinion podcast ' Free Expression' where he speaks with some of the world's leading writers, influencers and thinkers about a variety of subjects. His weekly column for the editorial page, “Free Expression,” appears in The Wall Street Journal each Tuesday. Gerry Baker is Editor at Large of The Wall Street Journal.

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