Mark Morrison, Lecturer

Mark Morrison is the retired managing editor of BusinessWeek, a position he held for 12 years. He started teaching journalism at his alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin, in January 2007.

Morrison served as BusinessWeek’s ME from 1993 to 2005. He directed day-to-day operations of the magazine, which won four National Magazine Awards, four Gerald Loebs, and 11 Overseas Press Club Awards. During those years, BusinessWeek launched its online site, its weekly television show, and the SmallBiz magazine and online platforms.

Having joined BusinessWeek in 1974 as a correspondent in the Houston bureau, Morrison later served as Cleveland bureau chief and Chicago bureau chief. In 1984, he moved to New York as a senior editor responsible for the magazine’s coverage of corporations, management, marketing, and people. He became assistant managing editor in 1989, responsible for coverage of corporations, management trends, workplace/social issues, and people. After stepping down from the ME post in 2005, Morrison served as a national correspondent, covering a broad range of business stories, from Austin, Texas, where he currently resides.

Prior to joining BusinessWeek, Morrison was a reporter for the Houston Post, covering labor, politics, transportation, and general assignments. In 1970, Morrison received his bachelor of journalism degree at UT Austin, where he was editor-in-chief of the Daily Texan during the era of Regents chairman Frank Erwin and student unrest over the Vietnam War.

He has been a long-time member of the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Overseas Press Club. In 2004 he received the McGraw-Hill Cos. Excellence in Leadership Award. He was a regular commentator on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight and a frequent moderator and contributor to BusinessWeek conferences and broadcasts. For more than a decade he was a final judge for the prestigious Loeb Awards that acknowledge the best in business journalism.

In addition to his role as adjunct lecturer at UT’s School of Journalism, he is member of the UT College of Communications Advisory Council.

Recent courses: J315, News Media Writing & Editing.