Al Lewis

Who is Al Lewis?

Al Lewis is an American journalist who writes columns for The Wall Street Journal Sunday and MarketWatch.

From July 2008 until August 2013 he was the author of the Al's Emporium column for Dow Jones Newswires, a service of Dow Jones & Co.

From 2001 to 2008, he was business columnist at The Denver Post.

He often writes about big business, especially through the medium of interviews. He describes his work as chronicling the human drama as it plays out in the business arena.

In addition to his column, he writes a blog called Tell It To Al, and frequently appears on Fox Business News and Denver's NBC affiliate, KUSA-TV, 9News.

"As the name 'Emporium' suggests, Al will be writing on a wide range of business subjects through an unconventional perspective," Dow Jones said upon the column's introduction.

His column for The Sunday Wall Street Journal appears in about 70 newspapers nationwide.

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, including stints at the Amarillo Globe-News, The Gazette and the now-defunct Rocky Mountain News.