Friday, 8 February 2013

And the next great investing columnist is ...

By MarketWatch
J.J. Zhang, a chemical engineer from Mason, Ohio, has won MarketWatch’s second annual World’s Next Great Investing Columnist contest, with our editor judges choosing his work over five other finalists.
Zhang, who holds Bachelor of Science degrees from Clarkson University in both chemical engineering and biomolecular sciences, writes the investing blog MarketTech Reports and serves as an informal financial manager for family and friends.
As the contest winner, Zhang will write a freelance column for MarketWatch called Winner Take All. The column will run approximately twice a week through the next six months. You can read the first J.J. Zhang’s Winner Take All here.
The debut column for the contest winner comes after a lengthy delay from the official close of contest voting Nov. 4, but deliberations over the outcome were complicated by the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the holidays and the usual red tape of freelance contract completion.
Hari Hara Mishra earns recognition as the Readers’ Choice, pulling in the most Facebook “Like” votes, more than 2,200, in the final round and about 4,000 throughout the contest. Read Hari Hara Mishra’s contest entries.
More than 100 contestants entered Round 1 of the competition in September. The field was narrowed to 26 who went through a second round of voting and then the final six faced off. Entries were received from more than a dozen countries around the world.

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