Dennis Ryerson, the editor of the Indianapolis Star, writes Sunday about how the paper’s business columnist, John Ketzenberger, dug to get the story behind the abrupt closing of a local company.
“John’s column did a wonderful job of filling in the dots to help readers understand how such a large, old and active Indianapolis company suddenly would end up closing its doors. He provided a lot of what we call ‘color’ by noting that owner John Irish received a call that his company had hit bottom — it was being shut down — while he was dining at a Rock Bottom chain restaurant.
“National City officials, though, were not happy. Although John advised a bank spokesperson of what he had learned about how the Frank Irish financing fell apart, and though the bank didn’t point out any errors in that aspect of the column, John didn’t ask the bank specifically about any cause-effect relationship between the subprime debacle and Frank E. Irish Co.”
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