Sarah Needleman

Sarah E. Needleman has been a reporter for Dow Jones since 2001 and currently covers small business.  She writes Small-Business Boss, a weekly column about the challenges that entrepreneurs face in managing employees, and Accidental Entrepreneur, a monthly column on starting a business for the first time.  Previously, Ms. Needleman reported on career-related topics such as job hunting and executive recruitment.

Before joining Dow Jones, Ms. Needleman was a page designer, proofreader, and reporter for The Home News & Tribune, a daily Gannett Co. newspaper in East Brunswick, N.J.  Earlier, she was an editor and reporter in central New Jersey for The South Brunswick Post and The Cranbury Press, weekly Princeton Packet Inc. newspapers.  In 1999 Ms. Needleman received second place for best page design from the New Jersey Press Association.  She received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Rutgers University in 1997.