Joe DiStefano, Daily Columnist
Philadelphia Inquirer
Daily Columnist - Philadelphia Inquirer
Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry
September 2007–Present(5 years 5 months)
- I write four business columns a week for the Philadelphia Inquirer; the popular business news blog at philly.com/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)
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
oApril 2012 to Present
oPhiladelphia 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:
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 - PhiladelphiaPa.19107
215-854-5194