The pursuit of scoops

Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman profiles New York Post media reporter Keith Kelly, who is known for breaking stories on the media beat. Friedman writes, “The pursuit of scoops are his bread and butter. But he also delivers the news in a colorful way, making readers pay more attention to what he is writing. “On […]

Ask Talking Biz News…about covering foreclosures

Here is the second installment of Talking Biz News’ weekly feature where it answers a question from a business journalist about a coverage or reporting issue. Here is this week’s question: I’m pretty good at ferreting out bank deals and going through the income statements of banks, but here’s where my somewhat limited experience in […]

Business reporter eats dog food

Scott Kirsner, a business reporter for the Boston Globe, sampled some dog food when he visited an area dog food company that puts your pet’s photo on the packaging when you order it.

Stylebook published for business journalists

Andy Bechtel, who writes The Editor’s Desk blog, interviewed UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor Chris Roush, one of the co-authors of the new stylebook, The Financial Writer’s Stylebook, aimed for helping business journalists do their jobs better. The book was unveiled Friday at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference in New York. Here […]

Claman goes to great lengths to get a story

Dave Walker of the New Orleans Times-Picayune writes Wednesday about how Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman filmed a recent segment on a Gulf of Mexico oil rig, which she traveled to from a boat and then a stand-up personnel-transport net. Walker writes, “‘It was really important not to tell the story from the executives’ […]

Ask Talking Biz News…about earnings

Talking Biz News is starting a new weekly feature where business journalists can ask basic questions about reporting or writing a story, and we’ll do our best to answer them. The journalists shall remain anonymous, and the information is intended to help everyone in the field. This week’s question is: Do you know of a […]

NYU professor: Here's what's wrong with "Marketplace"

New York University professor Jay Rosen writes about what he dislikes about “Marketplace,” the National Public Radio business show every morning. Rosen writes, “The problem with this report is that it cannot decide if it wants to be the audible Wall Street Journal or Adam Smith for Dummies, a business person’s show, or a show […]

The hamster wheel in business newsrooms

Dean Starkman of Columbia Journalism Review takes aim Tuesday at the effect of asking business journalists to do more daily reporting and less investigative work and has some numbers to back up his argument that this hurts the ability to do in-depth pieces. Starkman writes, “‘We give them three times as many things that are […]

Covering the cyber crime beat

David Elbert of the Des Moines Register writes Sunday about Brian Krebs, who appears to be the only business journalist covering cyber crime on a full-time basis. Elbert writes, “‘I’m seeing evidence of six to a dozen new victims a week, and that’s just from one organized crime gang,’ said Brian Krebs, who writes a […]

Business journalism's image problem

Chrystia Freeland, the global editor at large for Reuters and a former top editor at the Financial Times, writes Saturday in the New York Times about what she sees as the problem in business journalism. Freeland writes, “Lewis is ‘eternally grateful’ to his subjects for their cooperation. Sorkin, a reporter and columnist for The New […]