Jonathan Berr

Jonathan Berr

InvestorPlace Contributor

Jonathan Berr has been a professional journalist since 1991. He has covered a wide variety of beats, ranging from to electric utilities to media conglomerates to tech companies.

While a reporter at Bloomberg News in 2002, he won the Gerald Loeb Award, one of the most prestigious awards in business journalism. He was part of a team at AOL’s DailyFinance that won the New York Press Club’s award for Internet feature writing in 2010. His freelance writing has appeared in Atlantic.com, AOL, Yahoo, MSN and 24/7 Wall Street, along with The New York Times and Business Week.

He lives in New Jersey with his wife and son.

You can reach him at jdberr@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter at @jdberr.

Recent Articles

Murdoch, News Corp. Offer an Olive Branch

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

News Corp. has asked for shareholder input, but the topics of concern seem apparent -- Rupert Murdoch's lack of succession plan and the phone hacking scandal.

Big Oil Should Win With Gadhafi Gone

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

European oil companies are poised to benefit on Libya's rebellion -- and the potential for lower oil prices means even U.S. consumers could get a break.

The Investing Tightrope: Can’t Relax, Can’t Freak Out

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

A volatile stock market can scare even the hardiest of investors, but there are few better alternatives for the mix of security and rates of return.

Want to Save Yourself, AOL? Go Private

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Struggling AOL peppered with problems that will be more difficult to fix with shareholders constantly on the watch.

4 Massive Acts of Corporate Desperation

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

From the Tribune tablet to the Pontiac Aztek, here are four acts of corporate desperation that failed (or are predicted to fail) miserably.

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