Greenberg to leave Marketwatch, journalism to start research firm

Herb Greenberg, the Marketwatch columnist and longtime business columnist for several news outlets, announced Tuesday that he’s leaving business journalism to start a research firm.

On his blog, Greenberg wrote, “On May 1, I’m leaving MarketWatch, Dow Jones and traditional journalism to start an independent research firm with my friend, Debbie Meritz, an analyst/accountant who has been a very good source of ideas in the past.

“I’ve devoted my career to journalism, starting in elementary school by delivering copies of the Miami News from my bicycle, to my first job out of college in 1974 as the first business reporter for the Boca Raton News.

“I’ve since been part of the evolution of modern business journalism, working from beat reporter to correspondent to columnist to blogger.

“When Debbie and I first started talking about the idea of setting up a research firm, it seemed like the next logicial step, just as it did when I left traditional print journalism 10 years ago to join the fledging online world.”

Read more here. Greenberg also writes a column that appears in The Wall Street Journal on Saturdays, and he appears regularly on CNBC.

Talking Biz News conducted a lengthy interview with Greenberg in December about business journalism and his career that can be read here.