The business side of journalism

Journalists are supposed to like tough questions, but we tend to leave the business questions to others

20 years ago

A business news desk with a blog

As I was going over the Greensboro News & Record's web site earlier today, reading its coverage of the Jefferson-Pilot/Lincoln…

20 years ago

Covering the loss of a city's major HQ

One of the things that I like to look at to gauge a newspaper's strength in reporting about business is…

20 years ago

WSJ to shrink in size

Dow Jones says it's going to shrink the flagship newspaper of the chain in size to a traditional newspaper size.…

20 years ago

Fortune's 75th anniversary

The Washington Post's Peter Carlson has a nice review of Fortune magazine's 75th anniversary in this morning's paper. You can…

20 years ago

Times-Picayune's Charlie Crumpley

I had heard through a mutual friend that News Orleans Times-Picayune business editor Charles Crumpley was OK in the aftermath…

20 years ago

Another slap at the Saturday Wall Street Journal

Apparently Bill Keller, who is the executive editor of the New York Times, doesn't think much about the Saturday Wall…

20 years ago

Labor reporting

I had a call today from a freelance writer working on a piece on labor reporting for Journalism Education Today.…

20 years ago

Business reporters at newsletters

I'm spending tomorrow, Oct. 7, in Rockville, Md., at the headquarters of United Communications Group, which publishes newsletters in a…

20 years ago

A talk with Steve Shepard

I spoke today with Steve Shepard, my old boss at BusinessWeek. Steve stepped down as editor of the magazine earlier…

20 years ago