John McCorry is executive editor of the Americas at Bloomberg News, where he is responsible for headline news from North and South America and coordinates coverage from 53 bureaus in the region. Previously, Mr. McCorry had been in charge of global company and regional news operations. Prior to that, he was managing editor for North American company news, a position he began in 1998. He joined Bloomberg as a reporter in 1992, covering municipal finance and the bond markets. He also helped Bloomberg News win a Deadline Club award for its coverage of the Orange County bankruptcy. He became an editor for company news in 1995, and helped lead Bloomberg's coverage of tobacco settlement negotiations; selective disclosure and Enron. Stories on two of those topics—selective disclosure and Enron's collapse—were finalists for Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism.  Mr. McCorry was managing editor of the Bond Buyer from 1982 through 1987 and the founding editor of Bond World for Thomson Financial in 1990.