Journalism students learning how to cover business
Christine Lavelle of the Phoenix Business Journal writes about how students from the Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications partnered with journalists at the paper this semester to produce stories. Lavelle writes, “This fall, the Journal teamed with the school’s business reporting class, challenging students to find and report on […]
The genesis of hard-hitting, analytical sports business coverage
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Abe Madkour is the executive editor of the Sports Business Journal, an American City Business Journals publication that covers sports like it was an industry, focusing on contracts, deals, people losing jobs and other business-related news. For example, one of the main stories on its website Tuesday was one detailing how […]
Austin Biz Journal publisher to retire
Austin Business Journal publisher Lyn Chasteen has announced her retirement from the American City Business Journals paper. Austin editor Colin Pope writes, “Chasteen, who has led the paper as publisher for the past 14 years, spent 20 years with ABJ’s parent company, Charlotte, N.C.-based American City Business Journals, including stints at the Dallas and Jacksonville […]
ACBJ’s Grind to join Wall Street Journal
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Francesco Guerrera, the editor of the Money & Investing section of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following staff announcement on Thursday: We’re pleased to announce that Kirsten Grind will be joining the Journal to cover asset-management firms and personal finance for the Money & Investing section. We plan to […]
Atlanta biz weekly makes staff changes
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE David Allison, the editor of the Atlanta Business Chronicle, sent out the following announcement to the staff about changes: I’m sorry to announce that after 12 great years at the ABC, Julie Bryant is leaving us to join the Metro Atlanta Chamber in its communications department. Julie has made tremendous contributions […]
Bizjournals.com redesign aimed at showcasing the best of local papers
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The overhaul of bizjournals.com, a home page of content produced by American City Business Journals, is designed to drive more traffic to the pages of the company’s 40 business newspapers, said an ACBJ executive on Friday. The old design did not “do a good job of showcasing the best content we […]
Bizjournals.com unveils national page redesign
Bizjournals.com, which is the home page for business news for American City Business Journals, rolled out a redesign Thursday afternoon that updates its look. Here is the new appearance, which emphasizes photos much more than the old layout: Here is the old design:
Baltimore Biz Journal launches blog/newsletter on real estate
Joanna Sullivan, the editor of the Baltimore Business Journal, writes about how the weekly business newspaper is starting a blog and a daily e-mail newsletter devoted to commercial real estate. Sullivan writes, “That’s the reason the Baltimore Business Journal has always focused heavily on commercial real estate online and in print. It’s been our top […]
ACBJ papers receive awards
American City Business Journals, the Charlotte-based company that runs 40 business weeklies across the country, named its top journalists and journalism at a banquet Wednesday night. Among the winners were the Atlanta Business Chronicle in the general excellence category and Joe Brancatelli, who covers travel for Portfolio.com, won in the beat reporting category. The Pittsburgh […]
Going from a biz weekly to a national website — within the same company
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Earlier this year, business journalist Kirsten Grind made a big career move — from covering banks for the Puget Sound Business Journal in Seattle to writing about Wall Street for Portfolio.com, a national business news site. But she never left Seattle, and she never left the employment of American City Business […]
