Bloomberg to open new bureaus
Bloomberg News bureaus will open in Doha, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Angola, Belgrade and Tallinn, adding to its 145 bureaus across the globe, the news service announced Monday. The disclosure was part of its announcement that it was adding Associated Press content to its terminals. The announcement also stated that in addition to the real-time AP content, […]
AP launches personal finance package
The Associated Press is rolling out a package of new weekly and monthly consumer-oriented content for use by its members and subscribers to offer readers insight on how they can earn, spend, invest and save money. “We’re tapping the extensive knowledge that exists across the AP to produce categories of this content on a regular […]
Investors immune to negative business writing
Hal Morris, writing Monday on his Grumpy Editor blog, notes that investors seem to be immune to the negative slant of many business news stories. Morris writes, “The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 106.41 points on Thursday and tacked on an additional 217.52 points on Friday — for a total gain of 323.93 points, reaching […]
Covering food recalls
Dean Rotbart of NewsBios.com writes Wednesday that the media’s coverage of food recalls, including the latest peanut scare, in recent weeks has been perfunctory recitations of the Food and Drug Administration’s statements and actions. Rotbart writes, “The Associated Press, collectively, has covered the peanut recall better than any other domestic news organization, using reporters in D.C. […]
AP expanding local and state economic coverage
The Associated Press announced Tuesday that it is expanding its coverage of state and local economic indicators provided by the federal government. It’s part of the increased focus on financial impact by the AP Business News department. “Our expanded coverage of economic indicators is designed to help readers get beyond the national statistics and understand […]
Former AP labor reporter Walker dead
Norman Walker, who covered the labor beat for the Associated Press from 1945 to 1963, has died, according to an AP story. He was 96. The AP story stated, “Walker began his career with the AP in 1934 in New Orleans, where he helped cover the assassination of Huey Long. Walker later served as Baton […]
Biz writers too negative, need to improve attribution
Hal Morris, writing Monday on his Grumpy Editor blog, argues that business reporters are being too negative right now and they’re using too many anonymous sources. Morris writes, “Grumpy Editor notices one of the big problems with some business writers these days is lack of attribution. They just like to pump in their own crystal […]
AP biz editor Ritter named Kansan of the Year
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter was named a Kansan of the Year by the Topeka Capital-Journal. Here is an excerpt: Work: Began his career as a reporter and then editor at the Times-Union in Rochester, N.Y. Became deputy managing editor of USA Today’s Money section in 1982, managing editor of that section from 1985-95 […]
WSJ to add Web offerings, more charges
Anick Jesdanun of the Associated Press reports that The Wall Street Journal is looking to add more online offerings and find new ways to charge readers for them. Jesdanun writes, “Details are scant, but the planned offerings include better customization and search. The Journal also is exploring payment technologies that could let it more easily […]
Staff numbers up, company coverage down at WSJ
Anick Jesdanun of the Associated Press takes a look at the changes at The Wall Street Journal in the year it’s been owned by Rupert Murdoch and discovered that they haven’t resulted in any complaints from the staff. Jesdanun writes, “Dozens of jobs were cut as the Journal merged print and online editing tasks as […]
