Dustin Klein: From Pounding the Pavement to Bridging the Digital Divide: Tales From 3 Decades of Business Journalism

Join veteran journalist and bestselling author Dustin Klein as he sits down with Rob Felber for a rousing one-on-one conversation about how the media industry has evolved over the past 30 years—including stories from Dustin’s three-decade journey from beat reporter to chief content officer of a national media company. He’ll spin yarns about the people he’s met, initiatives he’s been involved with, and the larger-than-life personalities he’s interviewed—all while remaining true to his Midwestern values and storytelling roots.

Dustin is an award-winning business journalist and bestselling author. He currently serves as the publisher of Smart Business and Chief Content Officer of its parent company, Smart Business Network. Over the past 30 years, Dustin has interviewed thousands of business and civic leaders, politicians and sports figures, and helped nearly 60 C-suite executives transform their ideas into books. His most recent book, “Missives from a New Reality,” a fictional biographical journal of Dustin’s adventures during the first six months of the COVID crisis, is an Amazon bestseller, his fourth “bestselling” book.