Loeb names lifetime achievement, Minard winners
The 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from the 2014 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism is James Flanigan, business and finance journalist for the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. This annual award recognizes an individual whose career exemplifies the consistent and superior insight and professional skills necessary to further […]
Bloomberg BNA seeks reporter
Bloomberg BNA, a publisher of legal and regulatory information, seeks a Reporter II to cover assigned beats and report, research and write news stories and features for assigned publication(s) in the Environment, Health, and Safety News Division, including Daily Environment Report and Chemical Regulation Reporter. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain sources in the government and private […]
Fixmer leaving Bloomberg for Mashable
Andy Fixmer, an award-winning journalist who writes about the entertainment industry for Bloomberg News, is leaving the wire service to become special projects editor at Mashable. In this role, Fixmer will produce big-picture stories that focus on the forces changing technology, entertainment and social media. For Bloomberg, he has covered Walt Disney Co., along with […]
Kimes leaves Bloomberg for ESPN
Bloomberg News enterprise investigative reporter Mina Kimes, who earlier this year won a SABEW award for outstanding young business journalist, has left the news organization for a senior writer position at ESPN the magazine. A Bloomberg spokesman confirmed her departure, and her LinkedIn bio now contains her new position. Kimes was selected as the first […]
Bloomberg tried to hire Baquet to oversee DC
Bloomberg News recently tried recruiting New York Times managing editor Dean Baquet to oversee Washington coverage, reports Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post. Calderone writes, “Senior Executive Editor Laurie Hays, who has known Baquet since their days reporting for a small New Orleans newspaper, approached the Times editor in recent months about the Washington position […]
Heads of Bloomberg Politics will be paid $1 million each
Dylan Byers of Politico writes Monday about the recently announced Bloomberg Politics site, noting that the two journalists hired to run it will each be paid $1 million. Byers writes, “By buying Halperin and Heilemann — the best-known names in presidential campaign journalism — Bloomberg is hoping to stake a claim on what is shaping […]
Bloomberg to start political site
John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, political journalists known for their detailed, gossip-filled books on the past two presidential campaigns, will join Bloomberg in the coming days to start a new site that will focus on American politics and policy, reports Ravi Somaiya of the New York Times. Sonaiya writes, “The new project, Bloomberg Politics, is […]
Bloomberg defends Bloomberg’s journalism in China
Bloomberg LP founder Michael Bloomberg was interviewed Friday on CNBC by Andrew Ross Sorkin and defended the work of Bloomberg News in the wake of accusations that it has caved into Chinese government pressure by not posting stories critical of government officials. Here is an excerpt: SORKIN: Over the past year there have been questions […]
Bloomberg seeks rates and credits editor
Bloomberg News is seeking an editor for our First Word Rates and Credits service, based in our New York office. The individual in this role will be responsible for reporting on new issues in the corporate bond, structured finance or leveraged loans market, tracking deal flow and pricing developments from the announcement through the pricing […]
Fallows: Time for Bloomberg to answer questions about China
James Fallows of The Atlantic writes Thursday that Bloomberg News needs to begin answering the questions surrounding its decision to scuttle controversial stories in China. Fallows writes, “Here is the problem Bloomberg is creating for itself by refusing to engage discussion of this issue. The company is full of first-rate reporters and editors, including a […]
