Bio

Colleen DeBaise is deputy editor at BusinessWeek SmallBiz in New York. Previously, she served as editor of SmartMoney's small business site. She also covered white-collar crime for Dow Jones Newswires and was a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal. DeBaise is a 2005 winner of the Newswomen's Club of New York's Front Page award for specialized writing. She has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.