Resume

CHICAGO TRIBUNE — 1997-Present

• Editorial Board, June 2010-present. Wrote editorials for Chicago Tribune as a member of its Editorial Board.
• Business Columnist, 2008-2010. Wrote business columns for Chicago Tribune.
• Senior Correspondent, March 2002-2008. Wrote award-winning business stories, investigations, magazine covers and projects for major metropolitan daily; Notable work includes series on the bankruptcy of United Airlines, Class Action lawsuits and 2003 Pulitzer finalist “The Fall of Andersen.” Appeared regularly on CLTV, WGN-TV, Chicago Tonight, CEO Exchange and other broadcasts; Coordinated stories with Chicagotribune.com to enhance Web audience. Formulated policy and wrote Tribune editorials during several months-long stints on Editorial Board. Mentored business editor and business-news staff members.
• Associate Managing Editor/Business, Dec. 1999-March 2002; Oct. 2004-March 2005. Supervised more than 50 writers, editors, designers and other journalists; Recruited more than a dozen new staff; Trained interns, reporters and editors, including Tribune business editor; Oversaw Business News, Real Estate, Transportation and Personal Finance sections; Launched Cars, Workplace and eBusiness sections; Led business coverage of 9/11; Managed 2001 newspaper redesign; Responsible for annual $3 million budget; Developed Chicagotribune.com Web coverage on business topics; Conducted market research program for financial agate that led to extensive revisions of stock-market listings; Performed community outreach, including first-ever meetings between Tribune editorial staff and Chicago Network business-group for women executives; Honored in Society of American Business Editors and Writers “Best in Business;” Completed Tribune Leadership Development Program management training.
• Tribune Staff Writer, June 1997-Nov. 1999. Financial-markets writer covering stocks, bonds, options and futures; Also wrote far-ranging features on nearly all aspects of business; Served rotations on the business-news editing desk.

BUSINESS WEEK — 1994-1997

• Senior Correspondent in Chicago bureau. One of five journalists covering 12-state region for national newsmagazine. Specialized in finance. Highlights include cover story on agribusiness titled, “The New Economics of Food.”

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES — 1985-1994

• Beat reporter and business columnist. Covered retailing, financial markets and marketing, including the FBI sting at the Chicago futures exchanges and the consolidating advertising industry. Wrote “Portfolio” personal-finance column and “Biz” column on the lighter side of business events.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct journalism instructor at Northwestern University. Taught graduate and undergraduate classes in news writing and business reporting.
• Contributing editor to London-based FOW magazine, a trade publication with a global circulation for the futures and options industry.
• Launched career at Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDILL SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

• Bachelor of Science in Journalism, 1983
• Master of Science in Journalism, 1984
• Sigma Delta Chi, Merit Scholarship

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
• Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award
• National Headliner Award for business reporting
• Lead writer for SABEW Best in Business Award
• Tribune Beck Award; Headline Club Lisagor Award

CITES

• Work cited widely in scholarly articles, including the Journal of Labor and Society; the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science; Communication Law and Policy; Sociological Theory; The Accounting Review; Contemporary Accounting Research; Law and Social Inquiry; and the Harvard Law and Economics discussion series.
• Stories published in hundreds of newspapers, magazines and Web sites across North America and abroad.

Last updated in February, 2013.