Confessions of a markets reporter

Kate Duguid, a markets reporter for the Financial Times in New York, writes about the problems covering markets for Lux magazine. Duguid writes, “I was working at the time for a wire service, where reporters covered breaking news stories by publishing short all-caps alerts, or ‘snaps,’ with the incoming information before developing them into a […]

Bloomberg Opinion seeks a tech columnist

Bloomberg Opinion is looking for an experienced and energetic journalist with a strong understanding of the technology industry in all its forms. The ideal candidate would write about the biggest issues and companies in tech, with an emphasis on U.S. policy and corporate strategy and performance. The columnist would ideally be familiar with the industry’s […]

What makes Reuters Breakingviews successful

Rob Cox, the outgoing editor of Reuters Breakingviews, writes about its success. Cox writes, “But the main reason Breakingviews is still a respected brand among the global financial community are its value propositions, which our founding Chairman Hugo Dixon championed, and which remain unchanged. From the start, our mission has been to produce agenda-setting financial […]

It’s time to retire stock market metaphors from coverage

Jeremy Olshan, who is leaving MarketWatch.com where he was editor in chief to become personal finance editor at The Wall Street Journal, writes about how stock market metaphors hurt investors. Olshan writes, “The language and imagery we use to talk about markets matters. In one of my first columns after becoming editor of this site […]

Bloomberg EIC Micklethwait: Court ruling is dangerous

Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait writes about the British Supreme Court decision that allows a company executive under investigation to keep his name out of print. Micklethwait writes, “Today the Supreme Court found in ZXC’s favor, and that his brush with the law should be kept quiet. “The significance of this judgment for freedom of […]

An analysis of what’s wrong with Forbes.com

Joshua Benton of Nieman Journalism Lab writes about the problems with Forbes.com. Benton writes, “Forbes’ staff of journalists could produce great work, sure. But there were only so many of them, and they cost a lot of money. Why not open the doors to Forbes.com to a swarm of outside ‘contributors’ — barely vetted, unedited, expected […]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch biz columnist Nicklaus retires

David Nicklaus, the business columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, is retiring from writing his regular column though he still plans to contribute a semi-regular column. Nicklaus writes, “This is my last column as a full-time journalist, although I intend to continue contributing semi-regular columns to the Post-Dispatch business page. As I close out a […]

Chevron seeking a business reporter to write stories

Oil company Chevron Corp. is seeking to hire a business reporter who will write stories for its “newsroom,” reports Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times. Hiltzik writes, “Chevron’s effort, like those of other big enterprises, is designed to preempt reporting it can’t fully control, because the latter is produced by independent and objective news organizations. By ‘proactively’ […]

FT seeks an economics editorial writer

The FT is looking for an economics leader (editorial) writer, one of the most challenging and stimulating jobs in the organisation and one that is at the heart of international debate on economic issues. The leader column – the official voice of the FT – covers topics including global politics, public policy, economics, business and […]

Santa Rosa Press Democrat seeks a business columnist

The Press Democrat, a Northern California multimedia newsroom that is the largest between San Francisco and Portland, has an immediate opening for a business columnist focused on regional economic trends, local employers and issues confronting workers in white-collar offices and our agricultural fields. We’re the flagship newsroom of Sonoma Media Investments, a privately held Santa […]