Tamara Audi has been named West chief for U.S. news at The Wall Street Journal. Based in the Los Angeles bureau, Audi has long been a mainstay on the West U.S. news team, and first joined the staff in 2007 covering casinos, hotels and the gambling industry. Prior to joining WSJ, she was a correspondent for USA Today, and a reporter for the Detroit Free Press and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Follow The Wall Street Journal on Twitter and ‘Like’ on Facebook for the top national news headlines of the day.