Maura Webber Sadovi
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Dawn Wotapka, MBA, APR
I worked with Maura at The Wall Street Journal, where she wrote the weekly "Deal of the Week" column. This is a challenging task because the deals cover so many topic areas and each one has to signal a trend or an upcoming change for the market. (I know because I wrote a few!) Maura was a star at finding really interesting deals from diverse sources. Each story showed a true knowledge of the sector, be it hotels, theme parks or abandoned warehouses, that made it seem like she'd been writing about the topic for years. She also found a way to make stories on even the most mundane deals sparkle.
Dawn Wotapka, MBA, APR
I worked with Maura at The Wall Street Journal, where she wrote the weekly "Deal of the Week" column. This is a challenging task because the deals cover so many topic areas and each one has to signal a trend or an upcoming change for the market. (I know because I wrote a few!) Maura was a star at finding really interesting deals from diverse sources. Each story showed a true knowledge of the sector, be it hotels, theme parks or abandoned warehouses, that made it seem like she'd been writing about the topic for years. She also found a way to make stories on even the most mundane deals sparkle.
Dawn Wotapka, MBA, APR
I worked with Maura at The Wall Street Journal, where she wrote the weekly "Deal of the Week" column. This is a challenging task because the deals cover so many topic areas and each one has to signal a trend or an upcoming change for the market. (I know because I wrote a few!) Maura was a star at finding really interesting deals from diverse sources. Each story showed a true knowledge of the sector, be it hotels, theme parks or abandoned warehouses, that made it seem like she'd been writing about the topic for years. She also found a way to make stories on even the most mundane deals sparkle.
Dawn Wotapka, MBA, APR
I worked with Maura at The Wall Street Journal, where she wrote the weekly "Deal of the Week" column. This is a challenging task because the deals cover so many topic areas and each one has to signal a trend or an upcoming change for the market. (I know because I wrote a few!) Maura was a star at finding really interesting deals from diverse sources. Each story showed a true knowledge of the sector, be it hotels, theme parks or abandoned warehouses, that made it seem like she'd been writing about the topic for years. She also found a way to make stories on even the most mundane deals sparkle.
Experience
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CFO Dive
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United States
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Online Audio and Video Media
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Editor
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Apr 2022 - Present
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Senior Reporter
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Dec 2021 - Apr 2022
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Debtwire
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United States
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Reporter/Assistant Editor
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May 2015 - Nov 2021
For 6+ years I covered the commercial real estate market, focusing on CMBS while also editing stories for Debtwire's ABS site. I collaborated with other editors and reporters to shape our coverage of the CRE, residential and fintech/marketplace lending and securitization markets. In August 2021 I joined Debtwire's distressed corporate debt team. For 6+ years I covered the commercial real estate market, focusing on CMBS while also editing stories for Debtwire's ABS site. I collaborated with other editors and reporters to shape our coverage of the CRE, residential and fintech/marketplace lending and securitization markets. In August 2021 I joined Debtwire's distressed corporate debt team.
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The Wall Street Journal
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United States
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Newspaper Publishing
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700 & Above Employee
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Weekly Commercial Real Estate Columnist/Deal of the Week and Blueprint
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Jun 2005 - Oct 2013
I wrote the WSJ's Deal of the Week columns from 2008-2013, consistently finding and identifying a new U.S. commercial real estate transaction each week. I delivered short and deep dives examining the players and the numbers behind the deals. From 2005-2008 I wrote the WSJ's Blueprint columns, which analyzed the health of a different commercial real estate market each week. I wrote the WSJ's Deal of the Week columns from 2008-2013, consistently finding and identifying a new U.S. commercial real estate transaction each week. I delivered short and deep dives examining the players and the numbers behind the deals. From 2005-2008 I wrote the WSJ's Blueprint columns, which analyzed the health of a different commercial real estate market each week.
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Book Projects/Freelance Writing
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Chicago
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Writer
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Feb 2000 - Jun 2005
I co-wrote Getting an Investing Game Plan by Vern Hayden with Maura Webber and Jamie Heller, a personal finance book published by John Wiley and Sons. I was also a contributing writer to Recipes from America's Small Farms, a cookbook published by Random House by Joanne Hayes, Lori Stein with Maura Webber. My freelance business articles were published in The Chicago Sun-Times, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Illinois Issues magazine. My food articles were published in The Chicago Sun-Times. I co-wrote Getting an Investing Game Plan by Vern Hayden with Maura Webber and Jamie Heller, a personal finance book published by John Wiley and Sons. I was also a contributing writer to Recipes from America's Small Farms, a cookbook published by Random House by Joanne Hayes, Lori Stein with Maura Webber. My freelance business articles were published in The Chicago Sun-Times, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Illinois Issues magazine. My food articles were published in The Chicago Sun-Times.
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Bloomberg News
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Princeton, New Jersey
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Reporter
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Aug 1997 - Feb 2000
Covered oil and oilfield service companies and electric deregulation. Covered oil and oilfield service companies and electric deregulation.
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Philadelphia Business Journal
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Philadelphia
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Staff Reporter and South Jersey Editor
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Sep 1994 - Aug 1997
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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Correspondent
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Mar 1992 - Jul 1994
Participant in paper's competitive two-year writing program. Covered municipal government and promoted to criminal courts. Participant in paper's competitive two-year writing program. Covered municipal government and promoted to criminal courts.
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The Rutland Daily Herald
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Rutland, Vermont
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Staff Reporter
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Feb 1990 - Mar 1992
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Education
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Middlebury College
Bachelor's degree, Double Major English Literature and German -
New York University
M.A., Journalism -
Riverdale Country Day School
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