AP overhauls biz desk to focus on 12 core beats
The Associated Press announced a sweeping change to its business news operations on Wednesday in which the wire service will focus its future coverage on 12 core beats. “Our goal is to improve everything we do so we can be more successful in an increasingly competitive market for business news,â€? said business editor Hal Ritter […]
Business changes in the 2008 AP stylebook
Among the changes in the 2008 Associated Press stylebook, used on business news desks around the country, are new entries for products like the iPhone and technology news terms such as “podcasting” and “text messaging.” “Anti-spyware” and “high-definition” are also new busines terms in the book. The entry for “company names” has grown to 3 […]
AP biz desk to undergo reorganization next month
Kyle Austin of RacePoint Group interviewed Associated Press national tech editor Brian Bergstein on his blog and came away with some details about the reorganization of the AP business news desk. Here is an excerpt: RaceTalk: So congratulations on being named national technology editor at the Associated Press. What will your new role entail? Also, who will […]
AP hires new personal finance editor
Trevor Delaney will join the Associated Press next month as personal finance editor, according to an e-mail announcement Friday from new AP business editor Hal Ritter. The personal finance editor slot is a new position at AP that will oversee the development of and direct a new AP personal finance service for print and online.  […]
AP biz news, with new editor, to launch new coverage initiatives
The Associated Press business news operation, which now has a new leader in business editor Hal Ritter, is hiring for at least 10 reporting and editing spots in the coming weeks. Some of the hires will be part of new initiatives by the wire service in personal finance and in writing about the financial impact […]
Ritter named new AP business editor
Hal Ritter, who was the deputy managing editor for business coverage at USA Today when it launched back in 1982, has been named the new business editor at the Associated Press, sources confirmed. Ritter replaces Kevin Noblet, who resigned earlier this year. He beat out deputy business editor Chuck Hawkins of the job. Ritter resigned from […]
Confusion with CPI numbers
Hal Morris, writing on his Grumpy Editor blog, notes that business journalists covering the same Consumer Price Index statistics released Friday, reported different views on where the economy is headed. Morris writes, “Note the differences in the treatment, including figures, with the same information from the Labor Department. “Under the headline, “Slowdown in U.S. Helps […]
AP story on Domino's earnings lacking meat
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs writes Wednesday that an Associated Press story on Domino’s first-quarter earnings missed the bigger story at the pizza chain. Fuchs writes, “Look at this headline, which ran Tuesday night: ‘Domino’s Pizza shares up after company reports 1Q profit.’ The AP began its lead with the same claim before launching into […]
GE coverage exposes risk in writing about earnings before they happen
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs writes Saturday about all of the pre-coverage of General Electric Co.’s earnings that noted how the conglomerate was expected to report a profit increase. Oops. GE reported a decline. Fuchs wrote, “The business media raised false expectations for results that were — shockingly — ruined by their financial service business. “All […]
Biz editors defend mortgage crisis coverage
Joe Strupp of Editor & Publisher writes Tuesday that business editors at newspapers across the country believe they have done a good job at covering the mortgage crisis and warning readers before it hit. Strupp wrote, “Chuck Hawkins, deputy business editor for the Associated Press — which provided such coverage for hundreds of newspapers — […]
