I am a journalist — a writer, a reporter, an editor — explaining the news and current issues in publications around the world. My byline can be found in The New York Times, Inc., Time, Crain's Chicago Business, The Wall Street Journal and The Wall Street Journal Europe, to name a few places. If The Economist used bylines, my name would appear there, too.
 
I have interviewed corporate executives and activists; politicians and ministers; laborers and entrepreneurs. I tended to like them all, and I took personally the job of accurately expressing their personalities and opinions.

These days, I particularly appreciate the intellectual challenge of making sense out of our world's unusual economic times. I focus mainly on the nitty-gritty financial analysis required to understand current conditions and future possibilities for the publicly-traded companies millions of workers and investors rely on. I write a syndicated column for YCharts that describes the results of these analyses, including the pros and cons of investing in particular shares. My more detailed equities studies appear most months in the newsletter section of Forbes.com.
 
I have gathered stories from many places, including Houston and Dublin, rural Alabama and the City of London. I have lived in European cities and small-town Texas. My home now is St. Petersburg, Florida, a place I think is close to paradise.
 
I pride myself on crafting copy that fits the publication rather than my own ego. And I think deadlines are sacrosanct.