AP biz writer Cutter leaving for LinkedIn
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Chip Cutter, an Associated Press business journalist who covers stocks, investing and the financial markets, is leaving for a job with LinkedIn. An an e-mail to the staff, AP business editor Hal Ritter writes: Sorry to report that Chip Cutter is leaving us in two weeks to work for LinkedIn. He’ll […]
Mobile reporter heads to Mississippi to cover biz/economy for AP
Jeff Amy, a reporter at the Mobile Press-Register, is leaving the Alabama paper to take a job with the Associated Press in Jackson, Miss., where he will cover business and the economy. An AP story states, “‘We’re pleased to be able to add to the Mississippi news team a veteran Southern journalist who knows well […]
AP markets editor leaves for Reuters, which revamps wealth management team
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Jennifer Merritt, who joined the AP business desk in April to be its financial markets editor, is now leaving for a job at Reuters. Reuters financial companies editor Jed Horowitz wrote to the staff in an e-mail: I’m excited to announce the launch of our revamped Wealth Management team, which will […]
AP biz columnist Beck leaving service
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Hal Ritter, the business editor at the Associated Press, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Wednesday: After an 18-year career at the AP that started as an editorial assistant in the New York City bureau, Rachel Beck is leaving us next week to begin a career as a […]
AP hires two new editors for biz desk
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following announcement to the staff on Friday afternoon: It’s a pleasure to announce the arrival of two team leaders on Monday: Kortney Stringer, formerly assistant business editor of The Boston Globe, joins us as retailing team leader. Kortney spent the last four […]
Departing AP biz reporter blasts biz news management
Janna Herron, a former business reporter for the Associated Press, sent a farewell e-mail on Friday as her parting shot that criticized business news management at the wire service. The e-mail was posted on Romenesko. Herron wrote, “I also appreciated the camaraderie that management helped to foster in the newsroom: reporters working together and helping […]
AP economics reporter leaving for Bloomberg
Jeannine Aversa, a longtime business reporter for the Associated Press, has resigned to accept a position with Bloomberg News. Aversa told Talking Biz News that she will be covering the Federal Reserve at Bloomberg and start on June 13. Her last day at the AP’s Washington bureau is May 25, ending a 17-year run. Since […]
WSJ, AP both should have won Pulitzer for oil spill coverage
Joel Achenbach of the Washington Post writes that either the Wall Street Journal or the Associated Press should have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for their coverage of the Deepwater Horizon/BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Achenbach writes, “I should note that the Journal didn’t go unacknowledged: Its oil spill coverage was […]
Investigative reporting tips for business journalists
By Alex Barinka Matt Apuzzo epitomized how I always imagine an investigative reporter. He spoke 1,000 mph though I’m sure his brain was working faster, he was animated and spoke with passionately waving arms, and he was so excited when he talked about the benefits of using documents. Geeze, sounds a little bit like someone […]
Shinkle promoted to AP’s deputy biz editor
Kevin Shinkle, an assistant business editor who joined The Associated Press at the height of the financial crisis in 2008 and has directed AP’s coverage of the financial markets since then, has been promoted to deputy business editor. The appointment was announced Thursday by business editor Hal Ritter. An AP story states, “In his new […]
