Dan Zehr writes for the business section at the Austin American-Statesman, where he covers Dell and the personal computer industry. He traveled to Singapore, Malaysia and China in September 2007 to cover Dell's operations in Asia and the impact of the company's expansion there on its Central Texas headquarters. Prior to joining the Statesman in 2004, Zehr worked at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, covering Wal-Mart, utilities and economic development issues. He graduated in May 2000 from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.