John Katzenberger, the former business columnist at the Indianapolis Star, wrote Sunday about his two decades in business journalism.
“Business was boring, especially to a young reporter with a camera and the mandate to find news in the five counties around Bartholomew. Being hitched to a desk writing about business held no fascination for me, even in a town with two Fortune 500 companies.
“Shows what I knew.
“Within a few years I was lucky enough to land a job with the Indianapolis Business Journal, and I’ve enjoyed a 20-year run reporting on business in Central Indiana.
“For the past four years, The Indianapolis Star has given me this space to write about the city’s business community. I have met a lot of interesting people, heard many good stories and realized nearly every day that journalism jobs don’t get much better than this.”
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