Gerry Baker is Editor at Large of The Wall Street Journal. His weekly column for the editorial page, “Free Expression,” appears in The Wall Street Journal each Tuesday. He is also host of the weekly WSJ Opinion podcast “Free Expression” where he speaks with some of the world’s leading influencers and thinkers.
Mr. Baker also writes a weekly column on US and global affairs for The Times of London. He appears frequently as a commentator on TV and other news platforms and is a familiar public speaker to audiences around the world.
Mr. Baker was previously Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal. He has been a journalist for more than 30 years, writing and broadcasting for some of the world’s pre-eminent news organizations, including The Financial Times, The Times and The BBC. In 2023 he published his first book, “American Breakdown”, a look at the causes of the crisis of US democracy in the last decade.
