People who watch the movie “The Dropout” go on a journey that shows Elizabeth Holmes’ rise and fall. She is a Stanford dropout who starts a company called Theranos. Holmes wants to change the blood testing market, but soon she gets caught up in power struggles and corporate games. Soon, Theranos starts to do things that aren’t right for business, and its employees start to question its ethics. John Carreyrou, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, learns about the fraud at Theranos and starts to investigate the company on his own.
In his search, Carreyrou gets help and advice from his editor, Judith Baker. Because the show is based on real events, viewers should be looking for information about Baker’s real-life counterpart. In that case, here is everything we know about the character’s inspiration and where the person is now. It’s going to be a long story.
Is Judith Baker Based on Real WSJ Editor?
It is in the sixth episode of “The Dropout” that Judith Baker is first shown. A reporter named John Carreyrou works for her at the Wall Street Journal. In the episode, Carreyrou tells Baker about a supposed scandal at Theranos. Baker tells Carreyrou to keep going with the story about the company. Baker is still supportive of Carreyrou in the next episode, but he makes sure that the journalist does all of his research by the book, too. It’s LisaGay Hamilton’s job to play Judith baker in the movie “The Dropout.” ‘Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,’ which is on HBO, is a sports drama that some people will recognise the actress as Christine Johnson from.
Hamilton’s character seems to be based on real-life Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker, according to what people say about him. That said, it looks like the show’s creators have changed the character’s gender and race so that there will be no direct connection between the fictional character and the real person, which would be bad for the show’s story. Baker studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Corpus Christi College in Oxford, and he got a degree in all three. Following a job at a bank and as a producer for the BBC, Baker started writing for the Financial Times in 1994. After leaving the magazine in 2004, Baker went to work for The Times of London as an editor and assistant editor for the USA division. He also worked as an assistant editor. Afterwards, he worked for The Wall Street Journal in 2009 as a Deputy Editor-in-Chief. In 2013, he was promoted to Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of Dow Jones (the parent company of TWSJ).
Where is Gerard Baker Now?
Baker was the Editor-in-Chief of the TWSJ from 2013 to 2019, when he left. Baker had a lot of problems during this time. Employees became unhappy, and the company had to lay off a lot of people in 2015. In addition, the TWSJ was criticised for how it covered Donald Trump’s time in office. Baker, on the other hand, said that the publisher did a good job in a 2017 interview. During June of 2018, it was announced that Baker would no longer be Editor in Chief of the TWSJ. Matt Murray was named as his successor.
That doesn’t mean that Baker doesn’t have a lot to do with the TWSJ anymore. He now works as an Editor at Large for the publication. He writes a column called “Free Expression” for the paper’s editorial section every week. He is the host of “WSJ at Large with Gerry Baker,” which is a weekly show that airs on Fox Business Network and talks about current events. Baker is also the host of a podcast called “Free Expression,” where he interviews well-known writers and people who have an impact on the world. Baker is from the United Kingdom, but he now lives in New York City, New York. It’s a good idea to keep up with Baker on Twitter.