Award-winning Editor to Be Business Writer in Residence

Becky Bisbee, the business editor at the Seattle Times, will be this semester’s Business Writer in Residence. She will be on campus the week of Nov. 7. She leads a staff of 20 journalists who cover a dozen Fortune-500 companies, including Microsoft, Boeing, amazon.com, Starbucks and Nordstroms, as well as biotechs, entrepreneurs, telecoms and the occasional small business.

She previously was the business editor at The Austin American-Statesman and The Modesto Bee. Under her leadership, each of the three papers has won awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers as one of the "Best in Business." She serves on the executive committee of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and is a graduate of the University of Maryland.

Bisbee will speak in a variety of business and journalism classes. For more information on her visit, contact Helen Capellaro, hcapellaro, 262-9213, or Lari Fanlund, lfanlund@bus.wisc.edu, 262-2401, in the Office of Marketing and Communications.