Joe DiStefano, Daily Columnist



Joe DiStefano, Daily Columnist

Philadelphia Inquirer

Daily Columnist - Philadelphia Inquirer

Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry

September 2007 – Present (5 years 5 months)

JoeD@ - I write four business columns a week for the Philadelphia Inquirer; the popular business news blog at phillydeals; and more.

Reporter - Bloomberg - NY Financial Reporting Team

Privately Held; 10,001+ employees; Financial Services industry

December 2006 – September 2007 (10 months)

I was Bloomberg's primary reporter on Citigroup and JPMorgan during the immediate run-up to the financial crisis.

Reporter - Philadelphia Inquirer

Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry

April 1997 – December 2006 (9 years 9 months)

Business news. Banks, finance, insurance. Daily coverage, weekly column, long-form projects.

Reporter - Wilmington News Journal

March 1993 – April 1997 (4 years 2 months)

Credit cards, corporate tax shelters, banks, mutual funds. Daily coverage, weekly column, long-form projects

 

Reporter - Gary Post-Tribune

November 1991 – March 1993 (1 year 5 months)

 

Clerk, correspondent - Philadelphia Inquirer

November 1988 – November 1991 (3 years 1 month)

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Publications

Comcasted: How Ralph and Brian Roberts Took Over America's TV, One Deal at a Time

o    Camino Books

o    April 30, 2005

Authors: Joseph N. DiStefano

The (unauthorized) history of the dominant US cable TV and broadband Internet company in its pre-NBC days

The Empire Builder

o    Vintage

o    January 7, 2003

Authors: Joseph N. DiStefano

(Chapter in Andrew Leckey and Allan Sloan, The Best Business Stories of the Year 2003) From my three-part Inquirer Magazine series on the rise and fall of Saul P. Steinberg and Reliance Insurance Co.

Projects

Book on: the Pew brothers (Sun Oil Co.), with Peter Waitneight

o     April 2012 to Present 

o    Philadelphia Inquirer

Team Members: Joseph N. DiStefano

Before the Koch brothers came the Pew brothers, free-market true believers, who built the family's Philadelphia oil company into a global production, refining, marketing, shipping giant, and dominated Republican Party fundraising from the 1930s to the 1950s. We're collecting stories about the Pews and their business and political legacy.

Education:

University of Pennsylvania

AB, Economics, History

1981 – 1985

Activities and Societies: 

TNG - CWA #38-010 (ex unit secretary); KofC#195. Ex: St. Joseph's University adjunct professor Haub School, designed and taught Management 300 Business Writing and Research; CATA (V.P.); BSA (chairman, Delmarva T33 and P33); Franklin Inn; IHM Education Committee; IRE; NAHJ; SABEW; Teamsters #936

Honors and Awards:

First place awards: APME-PA, APME-DE-MD-DC, Gannett, SPJ-PA, etc.

Personal Information:

Phone:

2158545194 (work)

Address:

JoeD@

Marital status:

Married (1 wife, 25 years). 6 children (son at Penn, 2 sons at Delaware, 3 still in Catholic schools)

 

Joseph N. DiStefano

Philadelphia Inquirer - business news

801 Market Street #300 - Philadelphia Pa. 19107

215-854-5194

JoeD@

PhillyDeals



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