Al Lewis (columnist)

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Al Lewis
Lewis in 2013
Alma materMacMurray College
University of Illinois Springfield
OccupationJournalist

Al Lewis is an American journalist who has served as a columnist for The Wall Street Journal Sunday and MarketWatch. On April 1, 2016, he became business editor of the Houston Chronicle.[1]

Career

Lewis grew up in Northbrook, Illinois, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science from MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois, and a master's degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield.

He has worked as either a financial writer or editor since 1985, including stints at the

Fox Business Network and Denver's NBC affiliate, KUSA (TV)
.

Lewis often writes about big business, especially through interviews. His work is said to chronicle the human drama of business. To critics who call him "much more of a socialist than a free marketeer,"[5] Lewis responded thus in his final Wall Street Journal Sunday column: "I admire entrepreneurs and seek free enterprise for all. Unfortunately, some things stand in the way, including tyrants, idiots, and ideologies. And when you're a columnist, it's your job to point this out."[6]

The

Society of American Business Editors and Writers each year between 2006 and 2011. "Lewis shows that business writing can be fun and interesting as well as informative," a panel of SABEW judges wrote.[7] Lewis won the William R. Clabby Dow Jones Newswires Award for his work in 2008 and 2009.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Houston Chronicle names Al Lewis its business editor - Talking Biz News". talkingbiznews.com. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  2. ^ a b "Dow Jones Hires Award-Winning Business Editor and Columnist, Al Lewis, to Join Dow Jones Newswires Editorial Team". PR Newswire. 27 June 2008.
  3. ISSN 0099-9660
    . Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  4. ^ "Al Lewis named editor in chief of South Florida Business Journal – The Denver Post". Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  5. ^ Welshman, Mad (2014-04-11). "Mad Welshman: Al Lewis Never Tires Of Being Wrong". Mad Welshman. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  6. ISSN 0099-9660
    . Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  7. ^ "About". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
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