The business news Pulitzer that no one noticed
In the past 24-plus hours there has been a lot of hand wringing about the lack of a Pulitzer Prize in business journalism this year. For example, on Monday, shortly after the Pulitzers were announced, Columbia Journalism Review writer Ryan Chittum tweeted the following: “Business journalism shut out of Pulitzers–again. I’d say that’s a statement.” […]
Behind the New York Times online business section redesign
Kevin McKenna, the deputy business editor at the New York Times in charge of online, responded to a request for explanation from Talking Biz News about the recently redesigned page for business news on the paper’s coverage. Here was his response: “In brief, this re-conception of our presentation of business news online is the fruit […]
Dallas Biz Journal names new editor
Veteran Texas journalist Juan B. Elizondo Jr. has been named editor of the Dallas Business Journal effective April 29, Publisher Lisa Bormaster announced Tuesday. A story on the paper’s Web site states, “Elizondo, 40, has been managing editor of the Longview News-Journal since 2004, when the daily newspaper was owned by Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises. Before […]
Getting the business treatment
Howard Bernstein, a former TV producer, blogs about the problems with business journalism and what he would do to improve its performance. Bernstein writes, “My first proposal is that it should be against the law to name any stock or other financial product as something that the public should buy or sell. The practice is […]
BusinessWeek hires two editors
Bloomberg BusinessWeek announced Tuesday that Sheelah Kolhatkar and Jonathan Kelly join the magazine as editors. Both will report to executive editor Hugo Lindgren. BusinessWeek plans to introduce a redesigned magazine in 10 days. The hirings some about a month after the magazine laid off a number of staffers, including editors, and others took a buyout […]
More on WSJ's lack of Pulitzers
Aaron Elstein of Crain’s New York Business writes Monday about the Wall Street Journal being shut out of winning a Pulitzer Prize for the third consecutive year. Elstein writes, “It has come close a couple of times since. It was a finalist in 2009 for its coverage of the financial collapse and a finalist again […]
CNBC reporter leaving for PR job
Mike Huckman, a CNBC correspondent who covers the drug and biotech industries, announced Monday that he’s leaving the business news network for a public relations job with MS&L as senior vice president, reports Chris Ariens of TVNewser. Ariens writes, “‘After nearly 10 great years at CNBC and nearly 27 years in TV news I have decided […]
NYT revamps online biz section
Nat Ives of Advertising Age writes Monday about the redesigned New York Times online business section, which debuted on Monday. Ives writes, “The online section front has been rebuilt to more closely resemble a home page, complete with the top-left and top-right ‘rabbit ear’ ad units traditionally limited to the paper’s standard home page; an […]
WSJ shut out of Pulitzers — again
John Koblin of the New York Observer notes that the Wall Street Journal, which used to win Pulitzer Prizes with regularity, has not won one since Rupert Murdoch purchased Dow Jones & Co. Koblin writes, “Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal, which was once a Pulitzer-hoarder under Paul Steiger, once again goes home empty-handed. The paper […]
ACBJ paper named Pulitzer finalist
The Puget Sound Business Journal, an American City Business Journals paper, was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the explanatory reporting category on Monday. It’s the first time that an ACBJ paper has been named a finalist for the most prestigious awards in journalism. “I think every newsroom — not just at ACBJ but […]
