Michael Russell, who helped start the Kansas City Business Journal and Wichita Business Journal in the 1980s, died Sunday. He was 69.
A Kansas City Business Journal story states, “In 1982, Russell and William Worley started the Kansas City Business Journal. In a 2007 interview, Russell said that after having the idea pitched to him and reading a stack of issues of the St. Louis Business Journal , he was hooked.
“Russell and Terry Scanlon created the Wichita Business Journal in 1986.
“The Kansas City Business Journal introduced a new form of business news to Kansas City, with a heavy emphasis on deals and deal-makers.
“‘We were writing things that other people were afraid to write,’ Russell said in 2007.
Read more here.
James Kynge, the Europe-China correspondent at the Financial Times, is leaving the publication after 28…
Debtwire has hired Lavanya Nair as a distressed debt reporter. She is based in New York and…
Jonathan Oatis, a desk editor for Reuters America, sent out the following to his colleagues:…
Front Office Sports is seeking a dynamic reporter to lead our coverage of the business…
Front Office Sports is seeking a dynamic reporter to lead our coverage of the new…
Bloomberg Industry Group has hired Mackenzie Mays as an investigative reporter. Mays currently covers state government and…