I worked for BusinessWeek from August 2008 until December 1, 2009, the day Bloomberg News took over after acquiring the magazine from McGraw-Hill. After that, I was on the staff of Bloomberg News — briefly.
My stint at BusinessWeek was an eventful 15 months: I joined a week before the Democratic National Convention that nominated Barack Obama. After covering that convention in Denver, I headed to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul the following week.
When I returned, the federal government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The financial crisis was in full swing, and I had a front-row seat, covering financial regulation and the intersection of business, government and politics. Along with my boss, Jane Sasseen, and the other members of the tiny burueau (including Jon Cary, Steve LeVine and Keith Epstein), we founded an election blog and then transformed it into BW’s Money & Politics blog. It was a fascinating, fun, exhausting ride.
When Bloomberg acquired BusinessWeek (closing the deal on December 1, 2009), it laid off much of the writing staff. Most of those who survived — including me — were dealt out to different parts of Bloomberg’s newswire.
I was assigned to the regulatory group in Washington, covering housing policy and some derivatives issues. I didn’t stay long: Soon after the change, I was invited to apply for a dream job of sorts — rooting through corporate disclosures in search of interesting and significant stories for footnoted.com.
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