AP looking for financial writers and editors
Kate Butler at the Associated Press says that the wire service has decided to expand its markets coverage and has some reporting, graphic artists and editing jobs available as part of that. She wrote in an e-mail, “I thought you might be in contact with people who might interested. If so, please feel free to […]
Mobile paper and its stock listings
I have been in Mobile, Ala., for the past two days running some training sessions at the Press-Register, a Newhouse paper. While there, I had an opportunity to talk to Mike Marshall, the editor, and K.A. Turner, the business editor, about the paper’s decision to cut stock listings, which occurred in April. Marshall said that […]
Defining the future of stock pages for biz sections
According to this posting on JournalismJobs.com, the Associated Press is seeking to hire a news editor to replace Brad Skillman, who left earlier this year for a job at Bloomberg, and that person will have the task of coming up with a new AP product that will replace or supplement the typical stock listings found […]
San Diego daily to cut stock listings
The San Diego Union-Tribune announced in its Saturday newspaper that it was cutting its daily stock listings and will offer an expanded listings of stocks and mutual funds in its Saturday biz section. The metro daily joins a long litany of other newspapers across the country that have made similar moves, including the Los Angeles […]
Another view of cutting stock listings
Bernie Kohn, the assistant managing editor of the Baltimore Sun, sent me this perspective on cutting stock listings in the business section, which should be required reading for anyone put in such a position by upper management at his or her newspaper. Kohn stated: “I have cut the listings twice in less than two years […]
Alabama paper considers changes to stock listings
The Montgomery Advertiser said in Sunday’s paper that it wants reader feedback on how to change its stock listings. Executive Editor Wanda Lloyd wrote, “So what will we do with some of the space now devoted to daily stock listings? For one thing, all stocks won’t go away. As a local newspaper we pride ourselves […]
Appleton paper to cut stock listings
The Appleton Post-Crescent newspaper in Wisconsin announced in Friday’s paper that it will cut its weekday stock listings and replace them with national business stories. The change begins next Tueday. The weekend stock listings are also being cut from four pages to two pages. The change comes less than three weeks after a new business […]
Winston-Salem paper joins those cutting stock listings
The Winston-Salem Journal newspaper joined the long list of newspapers cutting its stock listings. The Media General paper announced the cuts in its Thursday paper. Another Media General paper, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, announced a similar cut earlier this month, and the nearby Greensboro News & Record had also cut its stock listings earlier this year. […]
Washington state paper to cut stock listings
Mike Benbow, editor of the Everett Herald in Washington, said in his Monday column that the paper will be cutting its stock listings, and the paper wants advice from readers on how to make the changes. Benbow wrote, “We’ve been working on our stock pages with two goals. One is to use less newsprint, which […]
Baltimore Sun to cut stock listings, add daily features
The Baltimore Sun will cut its daily stock listings from two pages down to one, but add daily features to the expanded news hole, assistant managing editor for business Bernie Kohn wrote in Sunday’s paper. Kohn, a SABEW board member, wrote, “Tuesdays will have a new Personal Finance page featuring a second weekly column by […]
