Grunbaum replaces Becky Bisbee, who had been business editor for the past 15 years and left earlier this month due to accepting a buyout.
“I’m a big Rami fan,” said Bisbee in an email to Talking Biz News. “He has the smarts, skills and tenacity to be a great business editor. I’m very happy for him and wish him all the best.”
As deputy business editor, Grunbaum has overseen “Sunday Buzz,” a compendium of local business tidbits that may be insightful, entertaining or sometimes irreverent.
He was also part of a team, along with Boeing reporter Dominic Gates and Jim Brunner, that was a Gerald Loeb Award finalist in the breaking news category for “SeaTimes Breaking News: Boeing Machinist Contract Vote Showdown.”
Before joining the times, Grunbaum worked at the Puget Sound Business Journal as its editor from 2002 to 2004. He attended the Cal-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
He was born to Yugoslavian parents who came to the United States via Israel. His father is professor emeritus in the math department at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Friday: Dear…
New York Times metro editor Nestor Ramos sent out the following on Friday: We are delighted to…
Rahat Kapur of Campaign looks at the evolution The Wall Street Journal. Kapur writes, "The transformation…
This position will be Hybrid in the office/market 3 days per week, and those days…
The Fund for American Studies presented James Bennet of The Economist with the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Award…
The Wall Street Journal is experimenting with AI-generated article summaries that appear at the top…
View Comments
Good luck and best wishes to Becky Bisbee, a former colleague and a terrific journalist. Hope the next challenge is a good one.