Becky Bowers, strategy editor for The Wall Street Journal in Washington, D.C., joined the newsroom as an economics editor in September 2014. She had worked for the Tampa Bay Times in Florida as a staff writer, wire editor, business graphics reporter and deputy editor in business and in politics. She also wrote and managed digital operations for its fact-checking site, PolitiFact. She studied journalism at her hometown California State University, Chico. Reach her at becky.bowers@wsj.com or @beckybowers.