He began his journalism career as a reporter for the Portland Oregonian, for which he worked from 1951 to 1952.
He then served as executive editor of Dow Jones publications and news services (1970), as a vice president of Dow Jones (1972-86), as president of the Dow Jones division that published The Wall Street Journal Asia (1976-80), and as vice president for news at Dow Jones (1977-88).