BusinessWeek's Javers Hints That More Paid Pundit Stories May Be Coming

By Dave Astor

Published: January 18, 2006 2:25 PM ET

NEW YORK People interested in journalism certainly know a lot these days about Doug Bandow and Michael Fumento, who lost their columns after BusinessWeek revealed they took money from Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff (Bandow) and agribusiness giant Monsanto (Fumento). But less is known about the reporter who exposed these previously undisclosed payments.

He is Eamon Javers, 33, who joined BusinessWeek just last April after stints with CNBC and then Congressional Quarterly. Javers works as Capitol Hill correspondent for BusinessWeek out of the magazine's Washington bureau.