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Brian Carney

The Wall Street Journal

#41 in Entrepreneur

Description: Carney is a member of the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal. He previously served as the editor of the editorial page for The Wall Street Journal Europe and of the Journal Europe's Business Europe column. In 2003, he received the Frederic Bastiat Prize for Journalism.

Before joining the Journal as an editorial writer in February 2000, he worked for the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard University. He has also worked as a sternman on a lobster boat in Maine. He has a master's degree in philosophy from Boston University and a bachelor's from Yale.

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By rilkegal

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April 29, 2009

Brian Carney op-ed writings snuggly fit with the
personality of the Wall Street Journal. Of the old news
giants the WSJ has long been the source for those
seeking a balance of current news, business happenings,
and politics. In his writings as a member of the
editorial board, Carney embodies everything I associate
with the Wall Street Journal. I am not sure whether
this is praise or criticism and think it is probably a
little of each. Carney’s writing is solid,
informative, and engaging and he deserves credit for
these attributes. That said, I find his writing to lack
original voice and ultimately be fairly forgettable.
Perhaps it’s the company he keeps, with powerhouses
like Peggy Noonan and William McGurn, Carney’s
reliable yet non-distinct columns often get lost. I
read his writings when I stumble across them but would
probably not make a point to him out.