Bloomberg seeks natural gas reporter in London
Bloomberg News seeks an experienced reporter to cover the U.K. and continental natural gas markets from its London office. The successful candidate will have a proven ability to break news in Europe’s energy markets, considerable business reporting, writing or editing experience and a background in European energy markets reporting. Candidates will be able to show […]
Bloomberg seeks finance reporter in London
Bloomberg News is seeking an experienced reporter to cover banking and finance based in the London office. The individual will be expected to break news on the Uk’s biggest banks, build contacts and write authoritatively about the changing world of the banking industry for the country’s lenders, savings and commercial lenders for a global audience. […]
Bloomberg’s Africa plan raises questions
Anton Harber, a journalism professor at Wits University in South Africa, raises questions about Michael Bloomberg’s plan to spend $10 million to improve business journalism in Africa. Harber, writing in Business Day, states, “I went to hear Bloomberg make the announcement this week in the hope of understanding why he or his people in Bloomberg […]
Winkler: Data has helped make Bloomberg News successful
Bloomberg News is successful partly because it uses data to tell stories that no one else covers, said editor in chief Matthew Winkler in a speech Wednesday at Stanford University. Edward Ngai of the Stanford Daily writes, “In a brief question and answer period, Winkler touched briefly on some of the pressing issues facing business […]
San Fran Chronicle hires not one, but two business editors
The San Francisco Chronicle has hired two business editors to oversee its business and economics coverage. The paper has hired Thomas Lee, formerly of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Ben Muessig, formerly of the New York Daily News, to act as co-business editors at The Chronicle. Muessig started at the beginning of January, and Lee’s […]
Bloomberg seeks editor for consumer news in Hong Kong
Bloomberg News seeks an editor to join the Asia consumer news team, covering a beat that includes retailers, luxury brands, casinos, food and beverage makers, clothiers and shoemakers, theme parks and the tobacco industry. Knowledge of the industry as well as economic and financial markets in Asia is essential. A minimum of three years of […]
Bloomberg gives $10 million to improve business journalism in Africa
Michael Bloomberg, the founder of Bloomberg LP and a billionaire, announced Monday that he is giving $10 million in an attempt to improve financial journalism in Africa. The Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa will provide cross disciplinary education programs and mid-career fellowships to increase the number of highly-trained business and financial journalists, convene pan-African forums to […]
What Winkler asks Bloomberg job applicants
Julia LaRoche of Business Insider has a story Monday morning about the hiring process at Bloomberg News and the three questions that editor in chief Matt Winkler asks all applicants. They are: 1. What is the most important value in journalism? How To Answer: “Accuracy.” (That’s the ONLY answer) This questions gets asked every time. […]
Bolton leaving Bloomberg TV
Dierdre Bolton is leaving Bloomberg Television, where she anchors “Money Moves,” and is headed to Fox Business Network, reports Julia LaRoche of Business Insider. LaRoche writes, “She’s headed to Fox Business Network, according a source who will remain anonymous. “When reached by the telephone on Friday afternoon, Bolton would not comment. “We put in a request […]
Bloomberg seeks economics and government editor in Moscow
Bloomberg News is seeking an experienced editor for its Eastern Europe economy and government team. The editor, to be based in Moscow, will help cover the region’s economies, governments and central banks. The ideal candidate will have experience covering the beat at a major newspaper or news service. Candidates should be accustomed to producing enterprise/feature […]
