Professional Experience
I'm a versatile journalist who has covered business for more than 17 years. Current focus areas are small business, personal finance, legal affairs and lifestyle trends. I have also written extensively about the fast food, consumer products and manufacturing industries.
I'm equally comfortable interviewing CEOs, small business owners, politicians, analysts, investors and everyday consumers.
Years of wire-service reporting have made me cool under deadline pressure, but I'm happiest when I can dive into a thoughtful feature story or business profile.
I have written a weekly column about small business for Reuters and a monthly column on solo attorneys for the ABA Journal. I have also contributed to BusinessWeek's Chicago edition, Crain's Chicago Business, Smart Money, Success, Chicago Grid, American Banker, Indianapolis Monthly, QSR, Bloomberg magazine, the Fiscal Times, Law Technology News, Today's Chicago Woman and the Chicago Journal, among other publications.
Expertise
Content Editor (online)
6 Years
Copy Editor
6 Years
Reporter
17 Years
Specialty
Entrepreneurship
6 Years
Lifestyle
3 Years
Law
7 Years
Industries
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
6 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
2 Years
Wire Service
12 Years