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Before the rock band Counting Crows had even finished its first album, it was invited to replace an absent Van Morrison and perform at a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dinner before a crowd that included Eric Clapton and Bruce Springsteen. The buzz was on. This was a band marked for big things -- and under a lot of pressure to make a solid album...
...different variety of journalism. And it's good for us, since these occasional guests invariably bring along new ideas that invigorate our own approach to reporting and writing. The latest such swap is just coming to an end; for the past three months, FORTUNE executive editor Ann Morrison has held a comparable job with...
...accounts, the experiment was a smashing success. We got the benefit of Morrison's energy, enthusiasm and 17 years of experience at FORTUNE; most recently she covered the automotive and other basic industries. She got to work with a new team of writers, editors and correspondents. Don't tell her, but we think we got the best of the bargain. From almost the moment she arrived, in the middle of a busy week, she was put to work, deftly and energetically editing copy -- not only in TIME's Business section but also in science and in world affairs, beats...
...Morrison found working at a weekly magazine to be a little frantic compared with the biweekly FORTUNE, but also terrifically stimulating. "You have to react to constantly shifting news, but you still have to provide plenty of analysis," she says. Fortunately, one thing was familiar: the names, if not the faces, of her temporary co-workers. Morrison's husband Donald was at TIME for years (he's now an assistant managing editor at ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY and, coincidentally, Ann's current stand-in at FORTUNE). Good things rarely last forever, though, and so next week she will be heading back, while...
Joining McWhirter for the lively interview with the Big Three were managing editor James R. Gaines, assistant managing editors Ann Morrison and Joelle Attinger, and business editor Sam Gwynne. Considering the rivalry, Morrison found the encounter "surprisingly informal and cordial." Attinger, tongue in cheek, credits the furniture arrangement. At the last minute, a rectangular table was replaced with the more egalitarian round...