The Mysak Mystery at The Bond Buyer by Russ W. Baker Baker is a New York-based writer.
Many trade publications are slaves to the industries they cover.
Not The Bond Buyer. According to a number of Bond Buyer staff members, much of the credit for this goes to Joe Mysak, thirty-six, who joined the paper in 1981, became its editor in 1992, and added the title of publisher in 1993. Under Mysak, The Bond Buyer has been getting rave reviews for its exposes on the role of bond underwriters in political campaigns. While other media went after Holtzman alone, The Bond Buyer showed that hers was hardly an isolated case. The paper showed how the bond industry can use consultants to get around its own limits on campaign contributions.