Business Beyond Business: At Home at the Washington Business Journal with Publisher Alex Orfinger

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox · Dec 14, 2020 · 33m

The business of Washington D.C. is government, so the saying goes. But sayings aren't sayings for nothing. And if we take ourselves through the WayBack Machine to the halcyon days at the end of the 20th century, the reputation of the city as the hub of national leadership brought with it the perception that the business community was a distant other. Then, in 1996, Alex Orfinger took on the role of publisher for the Washington Business Journal. Driving to change that perception became his mission.

For over two decades as publisher, Alex worked to develop a strong identity for the region's…