Chicago Tribune names new business editor

Michael Kellams, a 16-year Tribune veteran who has been associate managing editor/sports since 2009, has shifted to associate managing editor/business, reports Robert Feder.

He succeeds Mike Lev, who has joined the editorial board of the Tribune. Feder has the memo from Tribune editor Gerould Kern, which states:

Mike has been associate managing editor/business for the last five years. He was deputy business editor for four years before that.  Mike also spent 10 years as a Tribune foreign correspondent, based in Tokyo and then Beijing.  He joined the Tribune as a metro reporter in 1992.

Mike led the Business department during the Great Recession, a tumultuous era for the world, nation and Chicago. It was also a time of change for our company, and Mike skillfully led our reporting on Tribune’s journey through and emergence from bankruptcy. Reporting on ourselves when we make news is a journalistic imperative and one of our most difficult challenges. Mike and his team performed exceptionally.

He leaves a legacy of great professionalism, integrity and originality, and we are proud of his department’s work during his tenure. Mike will report to Bruce Dold.

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