Health care, life sciences, utilities and philanthropy reporter

Before joining IBJ in 2016, Russell was a newspaper reporter for 30+ years in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania at papers as small as a monthly trade journal and as large as the Chicago Tribune. Most of his career has been as a business reporter, focusing on large companies. He lives on the Northeast side of Indianapolis and enjoys riding his bike, growing wildflower gardens, playing chess and reading.

Quick facts:

Family: Wife, Colleen; two grown sons; three cats

Favorite podcast: “War on Cars”

First job: Delivering the Cleveland Press to 25 houses on his block after school at age 10. “I’ve been a news man ever since,” he said.

Articles

More buildings set to fall on IUPUI campus

The planned demolitions of the old IUPUI Psychiatric Research Building and the Wishard Helipad site are the next projects sparked by the land swap between IUPUI and Eskenazi Health’s parent.

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Tracking Indy’s mosquitoes, one ditch at a time

How do local health officials figure out where the mosquitoes are breeding, and whether they are spreading disease? It all starts with the field worker, looking in ditch after ditch. One of them is my son. I spend a few hours tagging along.

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A last-minute hurdle for Dow-DuPont deal?

One of the nation’s most powerful senators is urging antitrust regulators to give the merger careful scrutiny to make sure it doesn’t hurt farmers, consumers or small businesses.

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A last-minute hurdle for Dow-DuPont deal?

One of the nation’s most powerful senators is urging antitrust regulators to give the merger careful scrutiny to make sure it doesn’t hurt farmers, consumers or small businesses.

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