Dirk DeYoung, editor of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, will be the program speaker at the Thursday, Sept. 15, Rotary Club of Edina meeting. DeYoung will speak about "The Business Journal: Marrying Print & Digital." He will also discuss what the Business Journal reporters are watching in Twin Cities business activity.
 
 
 
 
The Rotary Club of Edina will welcome Dirk DeYoung, editor of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, as the program speaker at the Thursday, Sept. 15, meeting. DeYoung will speak about "The Business Journal: Marrying Print & Digital." He will also discuss what the Business Journal reporters are watching in Twin Cities business activity.
 
DeYoung joined the Business Journal in 1995 and has been editor since 1999. He’s also been a managing editor, reporter and research director at the newspaper. Prior to that, he was a reporter for daily newspapers in Mason City, Iowa, and Fergus Falls. He has a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Minnesota. He and his wife, Sarah, live in Minneapolis with their high-school age son, and their daughter just started her freshman year at Colorado College.
 
The Rotary Club of Edina meets at 12:15 p.m. Thursdays at the Edina Country Club. All are welcome. Cost for lunch and the program is $20 for adults and $12 for kids. Cash, check or credit cards are accepted at the door. (Credit card payments will have an additional $1 charge for each lunch purchased.)