Myron (Mike) Kandel
News Organizations and Titles: 20 years at the Cable News Network, financial editor/ columnist,January 1980-present; financial editor, The New York Post, 1977-79; financial editor, The New York Herald Tribune, 1964-66. Mr. Kandel also was editor of The New York Law Journal; founding editor and publisher of The Wall Street Letter in the 1970s; syndicated columnist, The Greer/Kandel Report, 1976-82; foreign correspondent covering Germany and the Common Market for The New York Herald Tribune; copy boy and then reporter, The New York Times, 1951-63.
Legacy: Following his lengthy print career, Mr. Kandel played a pivotal role in bringing business news to the forefront of television on CNN. He was one of cable TV's first financial commentators.
Personal: Born March, 14, 1930. He twice was president of SABEW; former president of the New York Financial Writers' Association; former president of the Alumni Association of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism; and former president of the Deadline Club. He has taught journalism at New York's City University and Columbia University.
Family: Wife, Thelma, an author; daughter, Bethany, and son, Andrew.
Education: Brooklyn College, 1952; Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, M.S.
Awards: Columbia Journalism Alumni Award, 1985; Elliott V. Bell Award, 1988; the Society of American Business Editors and Writers Distinguished Achievement Award, 1994; Career Achievement Award, ICI Education Foundation/American University Journalism Awards for Excellence in Personal Finance Reporting, 1997.
Books: "How to Cash in on the Coming Stock Market Boom."
Home run stories or accomplishments: One of the pieces of which he is most proud is a lengthy article he wrote for his Wall Street Letter about Willie Daniels, who was trying to start the first black-owned member firm of The New York Stock Exchange. It explained the travail of Mr. Daniels' failed attempt, attracted the attention of Wall Street movers and shakers, and led to Daniels getting the financing to start his firm.
What he has said about himself: "I never put on an air--if that makes sense--being on the air. Maybe that's the way I am. Maybe people say, 'Oh yeah, he used to be a nice guy, now he's got a big head,' but I hope not. I don't think I've changed very much. I hope I'm smarter and more knowledgeable."
What others have said about him: Lou Dobbs, when asked by Playboy magazine in May 1996 about good visuals for business news: "My other favorite business visual is the face of Myron Kandel when he gives us the perspective of his 35 years of business journalism without the benefit of other pictures."
