WSJ staffers want changes in race, policy and business coverage
The Wall Street Journal staffers have been pressing newsroom leaders to make fundamental changes in how the newspaper covers race, policing, business and other topics, reports Marc Tracy and Ben Smith of the New York Times. Tracy and Smith report, “In a June 23 letter to the editor in chief, Matt Murray, a group identifying itself only as ‘members […]
How the FT is using data visualization to track the pandemic
John Burn-Murdoch of The Financial Times talked with Andy Kirk of Explore Explain to discuss its data visualization strategy. The Financial Times’ “Coronavirus Tracked” page has been evolving alongside the outbreak since February 2020. Burn-Murdoch is a senior data visualization journalist at the Financial Times. “This is a story where numbers are everything,” he said […]
Fox Business anchor Susan Li discusses covering COVID-19
We sat down (virtually) with Fox Business anchor Susan Li to discuss her experience covering COVID-19. Question: Let’s start from the beginning – when did you start covering COVID, and at what point did you realize that this was going to be THE story for the foreseeable future? Answer: We started looking at Hong Kong […]
CNN’s Jason Farkas talks covering COVID-19
We sat down (virtually) with CNN Business General Manager and VP Jason Farkas to discuss the organization’s coverage of COVID-19. When did you start covering COVID and at what point did you realize that this was going to be THE story for the foreseeable future? I think the stock market began registering the COVID threat […]
Study: Financial news consumption rises, readers want recovery information
U.S. investors are consuming more financial news and are eager for more positive news related to how businesses are planning to recover from the economic disruption of the pandemic, according to a survey released Monday. The majority of survey respondents (56%) agreed or strongly agreed that they want to see and read more stories about […]
How business news spawned a solutions journalism movement
Saanya Jain of The Idea interviewed Solutions Journalism president Keith Hammonds, a former editor at BusinessWeek and Fast Company. Here is an excerpt: Where does your personal interest in solutions journalism come from? A lot of business journalism turns out to be solutions-focused. If you look at publications like Bloomberg Businessweek or Fortune, a lot […]
The Information: Why did company, CEO lie to us?
The Information’s Jessica Lessin sent the following in an email Saturday to subscribers about its story where Quibi CEO Meg Whitman compared reporters to sexual predators: We knew it was an important story. Whitman and founder Jeffrey Katzenberg are trying to build one of the world’s most ambitious media companies, in part by working with news companies. […]
A business journalist’s day in Davos
Reuters wealth management editor Lauren Young writes about what it’s like to work at the World Economic Forum, where she ran into cellist Yo-Yo Ma on the street. Young writes, “When the panel wrapped at 2 p.m., I was starving, and I ended up having an impromptu lunch (salad and lasagne) in our event space […]
Talking Biz News Today — Nov. 8, 2019
Some of Friday’s top business news stories: Associated Press Bloomberg opens door to 2020 Democratic run for president, by Julie Pace Report on Uber crash questions testing of self-driving cars, by Tom Krisher Fortune How Smart Cities and Homes Will Take China Into the Future Project Starling Uses Blockchain to Ensure We Never Forget, by […]
The value of business trade publications
Rob Wells, a University of Arkansas professor and former business journalist, writes in the Washington Post about the value of business trade publications, with the savings and loan crisis as Exhibit A. Wells writes, “The work done by the National Thrift News also provides lessons for journalists across the board. First, it shows that there […]
