Business leaders tune out what they don't believe in biz media

A SmartBrief on Leadership survey released Wednesday shows that nearly three out of every five business executives who believes that the business media sensationalizes coverage still read stories, but they filter out what they need. Another 17 percent believe that they are not getting accurate information from any source, while 15 percent state that they […]

Former WSJ editor to teach journalism

Barney Calame, the former deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, has been named as the Ottaway professor of journalism at State University of New York at New Paltz. An Associated Press story states, “The Ottaway Professorship brings renowned journalists to the campus each spring semester to teach a special topics course. Calame, a […]

Missouri taking applications for new Reynolds chair

The Missouri School of Journalism invites nominations and applications for the Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism. This new endowed position, funded by a gift from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, will: Develop and teach new courses at the undergraduate and master’s level in business journalism. Work with other Missouri faculty, including the SABEW […]

We all put our pants on one leg at a time

Michael Diamond, a business writer at the Asbury Park Press, writes about how there’s little difference between business journalists and the people they cover. Diamond writes, “I always enjoy telling the story of how I became a business reporter without taking a single economics class in elementary school, high school or college. About how I […]

Sitting in on a business journalism class

Jim Offner, the business editor of the Waterloo Courier, writes Sunday about what happened when he sat in on a business reporting class at the University of North Iowa taught by Christopher Martin. Offner writes, “It’s a major part of their job in the course, after all, to follow events in the business sector with […]

Reynolds Center names business journalism interns

Eight students from universities across the country have been selected for 10-week business journalism internships at major media outlets in summer 2009, the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism announced today. The students were selected by the host organizations in conjunction with the Reynolds Center, which funds the internships designed to help improve […]

SABEW to hold call on re-inventing business coverage

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a teleconference next Wednesday on re-inventing business coverage during a time of newsroom cutbacks. The call will attempt to provide help on ensuring that business journalism gets the resources it needs in an era of shrinking newsholes and newsroom budgets, and it will provide examples […]

Reynolds Center for biz journalism seeks new executive director

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is looking for a new executive director to run its programs. The current executive director, Andrew Leckey, is becoming president of the center and the new Reynolds chair in business journalism at Arizona State University, where the center is located. The ad for the position states, “The Donald […]

Reynolds Center to look abroad

Adam Sneed of the ASU WebDevil writes Friday about the $5.3 million grant given to Arizona State University’s Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism and notes that some of that money will be used to foster relationships with international business journalists. Sneed interviewed Andrew Leckey, the head of the Reynolds Center. Sneed writes, […]

Reynolds Foundation gives $5.3 million to biz journalism education

The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation announced today two grants totaling $5,336,360 to make Arizona State University a global hub of business journalism education by endowing a faculty chair and expanding the work of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. With the grant, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication will […]