About Us and Bios

Melanie Wold

Melanie Wold is managing editor of Newburyport Business. She writes for financial industry publications where she specializes in financial, energy and commodities markets and technology. Publications she has written for include Financial News, Securities Industry News, Traders Magazine, CME Magazine, Profit & Loss and Shattered Magazine. After 20 years living and working in London, England Melanie returned to the United States in 2003. Prior to moving to the US, Melanie was the European Editor for Dealing with Technology and Inside Market Data, both Incisive Media publications. Melanie has also worked for Reuters, Dow Jones and Standard & Poor’s Platts in various editorial and marketing roles globally.

Gillian Swart

Gillian Swart is city and features editor for Newburyport Business. She is a freelance writer living and working in Newburyport. She is known best for her work on the weekly community newspaper, The Newburyport Current, for which she covers City Hall and writes feature stories. Gillian is also a contributor to Merrimack Valley Magazine, a correspondent for The Boston Globe, North and is an Examiner on Examiner.com. She has also been published in North Shore Magazine. Her previous experience includes being managing editor of the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology.

Stewart Lytle

Stewart Lytle is a veteran journalist and founding partner of Newburyport Business. He has written for newspapers, magazines and web sites for most of his career. He was a reporter in the national Scripps-Howard News Service bureau in Washington, D.C., covering Congress and the Defense Department. He has also reported for several daily newspapers, including his hometown Birmingham Post-Herald and the Dallas Times Herald, both regrettably now defunct. He currently writes for the Dallas Morning News and the Town Common newspaper. He has won several reporting and writing awards. Now a resident of Newburyport, Stewart graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover and Princeton University.

Welcome to Newburyport Business
Welcome to our new weekly business newspaper which is focused on Newburyport, MA. Newburyport is a thriving business community with a busy downtown retail sector, a growing industrial park, a renowned hospital, quality professional services and dozens of excellent restaurants. There are also hundreds of residents who operate businesses or work for others from their homes. We recognized a need for timely and relevant news and information about our business neighborhood, and here it is.

It was started by us - Gillian Swart, Stewart Lytle and Melanie Wold, three experienced journalists. We found an excellent web designer in Cindy Barnard, who has gone above and beyond the call of duty in turning these seasoned print journalists' (often unreasonable) visions into a beautiful digital newspaper. Our stunning logo comes from Lunar Studios and the talented Nick Havas. Photographer Meg Manion Silliker at Bluelime Photography made us look downright respectable, against all the odds.

Newburyport Business features current news and in-depth analysis about local commerce. We also offer profiles about CEOs and business managers and companies of interest. While we are committed to being 100% balanced in our reporting, we recognize that some people will have differing opinions on subjects of interest. Therefore we offer the opportunity to comment on each story and hope to create something beyond 'social networking'. Our blog entries reflect our personal opinions and those of our guest bloggers. And you will be able to comment on, disagree with or even applaud each blog.

Our local job listings are just that - local. You will not find some anonymous, faceless employment website when you click on "Jobs" here. These listings are free to employers (unless they want a larger display ad) and we hope they will generate a real give-and-take among our readers and prospective employers in the area.

We are thrilled to be able to work with the Newburyport business community in creating a truly new model in business newspapers. Please feel free to email us or call us with suggestions, complaints or money (advertising - see 'Advertise with us'!).

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