Joe Pryweller

Joe Pryweller is a senior reporter in Plastics News´ Akron office, responsible for covering packaging, mold making and design, e-business, and special editorial projects. He formerly was PN´s automotive reporter based in Detroit from December 1996 till January 2000. Pryweller graduated in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in communications/business from Michigan State University, and earned a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1987. In between he worked for four years as a business and entertainment reporter at the Daily Press in Newport News, Va., and for three years as a senior editor and writer for the American Society of Interior Designers in Washington. He joined Plastics News from Brookfield, Wis., where he had been a senior writer at Bader, Rutter & Associates, the largest public relations/advertising agency in Wisconsin.