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September 1, 2007

Time Magazine Columnist to Be Business Writer in Residence

Justin Fox, Time magazine's business and economics columnist, has agreed to spend a week this fall as the Business Writer in Residence.

Fox will speak to classes of business students and journalism students in October. The exact week has not yet been set.

Before joining the magazine in January 2007, Fox spent more than a decade writing and editing for Fortune. He was Fortune’s chief economics writer and also covered topics ranging from international business to technology to investing to high-end Japanese cuisine. In 2000 and 2001, he was the magazine's Europe editor, based in London. He started his blog, the Curious Capitalist, on CNNMoney.com (Fortune’s Internet home) in 2006. His book, tentatively titled “The Myth of the Rational Investor” is scheduled to published by HarperBusiness in April 2008.

The Business Writer in Residence program is a joint effort by the School of Business, the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and University Communications to bring in nationally known business writers to interact with business and journalism students. The Business Writer in Residence program is funded by a grant from the UW Foundation.

Anyone interested in scheduling a meeting or an event with Fox during his visit, should contact Tina Frailey or Lari Fanlund in the business school’s Marketing Services office.