New York Times business and financial editors have been among the leaders in business journalism for the past century.
Jack Forrest, his successor, was featured in a house ad for the paper shown at the right from the 1950s that promoted the paper’s coverage of “trade and industry” and noted that the business desk had a staff of 40 at the time. And John Lee led a redesign of the section that created the first standalone business news section of any metropolitan daily in the country in 1978.
Here is Talking Biz News’ research on the business and financial editors of the Times in the past 90 years:
It should also be noted that Burton Crane from 1937 to 1963 wrote an influential column for the department, and Leonard Silk from 1970 to 1992 also wrote an influential column.
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