KC Star losing another good reporter

The bad news at The Kansas City Star keeps coming. Business reporter Dan Margolies is leaving the Star to join Reuters’ Washington bureau.

Margolies’ new title with Reuters: senior correspondent, financial crimes.

Margolies tells us that he’ll be covering the fallout of the recession and the bailouts as well as civil and criminal prosecutions and investor lawsuits.

If that wasn’t enough, Margolies writes in an e-mail: “I’ll also be helping to lead a team of financial crime correspondents in multiple states, traveling to cover cross-border stories in places like London, Zurich and Hong Kong, and working with Reuters’ journalists and editors abroad.”

Sounds like the A-Team of financial reporters. So he’s going to be really, really busy.

Margolies’ last day at the Star is October 23.  By the way, if you haven’t read Margolies’ Kansas City Star Magazine piece about competing in the 32nd annual American Crossword Tournament, give it a read. It’s pretty great.

Best of luck, Dan!