Penny is the Chief Content Officer for Melara Enterprises and Executive Editor of Baton Rouge Business Report. She has a passion for journalism that makes a difference, epic photography, engaging graphic design and platforms that provide new opportunities for storytelling. She is a national award-winning writer and editor with over three decades of experience in metro markets, including Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas and Baton Rouge. She manages the editorial team for Melara Enterprises that produces 225, inRegister, 10/12 Industry Report and Baton Rouge Business Report.

Forty Under 40: Kimberly Bardell

KIMBERLY BARDELL, 35 Planning and policy program manager, Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services “I shall...

Nominate candidates for Business Report’s Business Awards & Hall of Fame

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 Business Awards and Hall of Fame,...

Test

Test I think I will past the test. Had to go back in and choose...

Hush money: When a worker leaves on bad terms, is a nondisparagement clause in order?

After Carol Bartz was fired from Yahoo! over the telephone in the fall of...

Judge defends Panama excursion at taxpayer expense

A Baton Rouge state judge who attended a weeklong continuing legal education event in...

The Panama junket

A hotel nestled alongside the stunning Pacific Ocean just 20 minutes from Panama City,...

Judge’s junket to Panama costs taxpayers thousands

Taxpayers are footing the $2,300-plus bill for a Baton Rouge judge to spend a...

Young startups – The LSU Student Incubator helps Louisiana’s future CEOs get started while they’re still in college.

While still finishing their studies at LSU, Leo Zhao and Bin Yu thought they...

The $1 billion sham – How Dow Chemical used its Louisiana manufacturing facility as a phony tax shelter.

Editor's note: In a Baton Rouge federal courtroom this spring, Chief District Judge Brian...

The $50 billion boom

Paul Stratford spent a dozen years of his career working for ExxonMobil in Singapore....