James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page. He supervises the Journal's online opinion pages. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, he served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors.

Before joining the SEC, he was the legislative and communications director for Rep. Chris Cox, working in particular on tax and Internet issues. Earlier, he created the Amazing Braino! Site on AOL's Kids Only Channel, and he was the producer of the award-winning PBS series, "TechnoPolitics." His commentary has appeared in the WSJ, Washington Post and Boston Globe, and he has written online columns for Forbes and USA Today. He is a graduate of Yale.