From college colleagues to business colleagues, college sweethearts to office suite-mates, Karen Blumenthal and Scott McCartney keep it all in the family.

Karen is bureau chief for the Dallas bureau of the Wall Street Journal, and Scott is deputy bureau chief. Together, they supervise 11 reporters covering news in eight states.

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This busy Lake Highlands family – including daughters Abby, 12 and Jenny, 10 – balances everyday life with working parents in a partnership. Scott compares their situation to that of a “mom and pop bakery” since their work is always with them. Their kids say they don’t leave work at work.

“Because we are married,” Karen says, “we probably don’t talk much in the office so when we are home, we catch up.”

Karen and Scott met at Duke University while writing for the school newspaper; in fact, Karen gave him his first writing assignment. She graduated in 1981 and came back to Dallas to work for the Dallas Morning News.

When Scott arrived in 1982, the News was under a hiring freeze; however, he soon found work with the Associated Press wire service. Scott was a roving correspondent for 11 years, covering such stories as the Los Angeles riots, sporting a flack jacket.