The power of biz journalism: Maine police drop guns after CNBC story
Here is the power of a good business journalism story: David Hench of the Portland Press Herald in Maine reports Thursday that the city’s police department has stopped using a Remington rifle after a CNBC story called its effectiveness into question. Hench writes, “A program on CNBC last week highlighted several reports that Remington 700 […]
What the NYT's Morgenson excels at
Justin Fox, the editorial director of the Harvard Business Review Group, isn’t enamored with the prose of business journalist Gretchen Morgenson of The New York Times, but her stories do stand out for another reason. Fox writes, “The anger comes about because Morgenson so often gets basic facts wrong, seemingly misunderstands the businesses she covers, […]
Serving vegetables with pudding
Matt Manochio of the Parsippany Daily Record in New Jersey interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Neil Cavuto about his plans for election day coverage. Manochio writes, “He said he looks at the broader view — not just stock prices, but how market fluctuations and decisions made by Washington lawmakers affect the financial lives of everyday […]
A stylebook for business journalists
Dana Meredith, a University of Kansas student and an intern at the American Copy Editors Society, writes on the organization’s site about “The Financial Writer’s Stylebook,” a new stylebook aimed at business reporters and editors. Meredith writes, “Roush and Cloud consulted several prominent business journalists — including Allan Sloan of Fortune — as they assembled […]
Improving business coverage
Courtney Sherwood, the business editor of The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash., writes Sunday about how the paper is trying to improve its business coverage. Sherwood writes, “Example one: The Columbian serves all of Clark County, not just Vancouver. Yet 78 percent of the stories we’ve run about businesses or events since Aug. 1 have been […]
Willis of Fox Business talks about her job
Gerri Willis of Fox Business Network was interviewed by Molly Stark Dean of TVNewser.com about her career in business journalism and her recent switch from CNN to Fox Business Network. Here is an excerpt: TVNewser: You moved from CNN to FBN in March. How has the transition been? Gerri Willis: It’s been so much fun […]
Find critical — and celebratory stories — in business
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE A top business journalist suggested Friday that young business reporters should look for stories that celebrate industry as well as those that are critical and also expressed optimism about the future of journalism. “It’s not something to mourn,” said Carl Lavin, the former managing editor of Forbes.com, who also worked at […]
JunketSleuth.com, sister site to ShareSleuth.com, goes live
Junketsleuth.com, an independent investigative reporting website that tracks how government agencies spend billions in taxpayer money on travel and related activities, has gone live. JunketSleuth has obtained computerized travel databases from more than 25 federal agencies through the Freedom of Information Act and will post searchable versions on its site, along with stories drawn from […]
Ask Talking Biz News…about an embargoed interview
Here is the fourth installment of a new weekly feature from Talking Biz News, where a business reporter or editor asks a question related to reporting or writing about a business news topic. Here is this week’s question: I’m new to my beat, and I got a call from a public relations person at a […]
Ask Talking Biz News…about public company lists
Here is the third installment of a new weekly feature from Talking Biz News, where a business reporter or editor asks a question related to reporting or writing about a business news topic. Here is this week’s question: Where can you go to find a listing of all public companies within a certain coverage area, […]
