“Barack Obama may have found the answer to his biggest rhetorical challenge: When millions of voters are unemployed or underemployed, how does a president simultaneously sound realistic and optimistic?”

American business executive and former journalist

Ron Fournier is an American business executive and former journalist. He was the publisher and editor of Crain's Detroit Business until 2018, and earlier held senior reporting and editing roles at the Associated Press, National Journal, and The Atlantic. He worked as Washington bureau chief for the AP until leaving in June 2010. He later became a senior advisor at the public relations and lobbying firm Truscott Rossman, reflecting a career that moved between political reporting, business journalism, and communications.