J. Jennings Moss, the editor of the Upstart Business Journal, writes about quitting his job as managing editor of FoxNews.com to be with his dying father a decade ago and why he decided to become a business journalist.
Moss writes, “From the beginning of my journalism career, my dad tried to get me to a business journalist. He was the king of the backup plan, and given his belief that the news business was a competitive one, he thought I should have one in my chosen career. To him, business reporters would always be in demand. For years, I wasn’t interested. I wanted to cover politics. I wanted to cover institutions of power. I wanted to cover big moments of change.
“It wasn’t until after he was gone that I finally listened. Like a great awakening, I opened up to what business journalism was really all about — creative, ambitious, driven, fascinating people. They fuel stories about success and failure, strategy and execution, culture and influence.
“I ended up signing up with a fledgling business news publication shortly before the onset of the Great Recession. That job directly led to the one I have today, as editor of both the Upstart Business Journal and the New York Business Journal. In a strange twist, from my Manhattan office window at Avenue of the Americas and 46th Street, I look directly at the News Corporation building a block away, the place where I worked a decade ago.”
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