Al Lewis (newspaper columnist)
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Al Lewis has been business columnist of the Denver Post since 2001. His column appears Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. It is also distributed by the New York Times and MediaNews Group news services. He discusses his column on Denver's 9News, KUSA-TV on Sunday mornings. He also writes a blog called Talk Back To Al.
According to the Denver Post, Lewis frequently details the follies of big business and conventional thought regarding the market and the economy. "He ... presents a humorous or counter-intuitive point-of-view and strives to capture the human drama as it unfolds in the business arena," the newspaper says.
Lewis, who grew up in Northbrook, Illinois, earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science from MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois and a master's degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
He has worked as either a financial writer or editor since 1985. He has won several awards, including honors from the Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Colorado Press Association and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. He also won the 2000 Morton Margolin Prize for Distinguished Business Reporting from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.
