Detroit News finance editor wins humor writing award
Who says finance can't be fun? In their annual conference on Saturday in New Orleans, the National Society of Newspaper Columnists awarded The Detroit News Personal Finance Editor Brian J. O'Connor with third place for humor columns in newspapers with more than 100,000 circulation.
Ruth Butler, a columnist and editor at the Grand Rapids Press, judged the contest. In her comments, Butler wrote that O'Connor, "makes finance fun. You're smiling and before you know it a potentially dry subject has become informative and entertaining."
O'Connor's columns run on Saturdays and Tuesdays in the business section of The News. He started writing the column in May of 2005.
Other winners in the category -- humor writing for newspapers with more than 100,000 circulation -- were Bill Ervolino of The Record in Hackensack, N.J., who took second place; and Lynn Yaeger of The Village Voice in New York, who won first place.
For more information on O'Connor's columns, click here.
Ruth Butler, a columnist and editor at the Grand Rapids Press, judged the contest. In her comments, Butler wrote that O'Connor, "makes finance fun. You're smiling and before you know it a potentially dry subject has become informative and entertaining."
O'Connor's columns run on Saturdays and Tuesdays in the business section of The News. He started writing the column in May of 2005.
Other winners in the category -- humor writing for newspapers with more than 100,000 circulation -- were Bill Ervolino of The Record in Hackensack, N.J., who took second place; and Lynn Yaeger of The Village Voice in New York, who won first place.
For more information on O'Connor's columns, click here.
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