Your news organization has enticed you with a tempting boondoggle. Go to Davos, Switzerland, and report on the comings and goings of some of the biggest names in business, politics and entertainment. Or, perhaps,...
The New York Times published a front-page piece on Aug. 13 about credit cards and robo-signing. Banks got in trouble for improper reviews of foreclosure documents and now it seems that practice extended beyond...
Journalists seldom like to talk about how they handle the 800-pound gorilla in the newsroom. Some deny it even exists. But whether they walk around it, close their eyes to it, try to tame...
When Google Inc. announced it would buy travel guide Frommer’s for about $25 million from publisher John Wiley & Sons, the stories about it were numerous and detailed. But was all the attention worth...
Peter Rose, head of public affairs for private-equity firm The Blackstone Group LP, started his role in 2007 after 20 years at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Rose was tapped in 1996 to start Goldman’s...
Whether broken by human or technical errors, embargo breaches can have serious consequences. Ron Leuty, a biotech reporter at the San Francisco Business Times, experienced the detrimental consequences of breaking an embargo firsthand. In...
Progressive Corp.’s insurance division has been under fire lately for a public relations disaster, which started with a blog post that quickly spread through the Internet. Matt Fisher, fed up with his family’s treatment...
Welcome to Talking Biz 2, a business journalism website that builds on the nationally known Talking Biz News, which operates out of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication. This site will...
