Overseas Press Club names biz journalism winners
The Overseas Press Club named its 74th annual winners for the OPC Awards, and several are business journalism. Jeremy Page of The Wall Street Journal won the Bob Considine Award for best newspaper or wire service interpretation of international affairs for his stories about the mysterious death of a British businessman, but provided startling glimpses […]
Bloomberg Markets wins two Sigma Delta Chi awards
Bloomberg Markets, a monthly magazine sent to subscribers of the Bloomberg terminal service, has won two awards in the national Sigma Delta Chi journalism awards given out by the Society of Professional Journalism. In the magazine investigative reporting category, David Evans won for “Duping the Donors,” an examination of how telemarketing companies reap the benefits […]
Bloomberg revs up its video news operation
With a global television network operation in place, Bloomberg News is using video clips from its shows as well as Web-only videos to produce some 200 clips per day, signaling a new “digital first” approach, says Chris Berend, executive producer and head of digital video at Bloomberg, in a video interview at Bloomberg headquarters with Beet.TV […]
Bloomberg photographer captures Boston Marathon image
Bloomberg photographer Kelvin Ma took the photo of wheelchair-bound Jeff Bauman near the marathon finish line — moments after he looked into the eyes of one of the men who tried to kill him. Ma writes, “We were evacuated off the bridge shortly thereafter, at which point I texted my mom that I was OK […]
BGov editor named Chronicle of Higher Ed editor
The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc. has named Michael G. Riley, editorial director of Bloomberg Government, to be its chief executive officer and editor in chief. He succeeds Philip W. Semas, who is retiring after 44 years at The Chronicle, the last 10 as president and editor in chief. In addition to the weekly newspaper The […]
Bloomberg sues commodities regulator
Bloomberg L.P. filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the top U.S. derivatives regulator to fight a new rule that would make the trading of swaps more expensive and hurt its business. Douwe Miedema of Reuters writes, “Bloomberg is one of a dozen or so providers that plan to launch platforms on which to trade swaps, […]
Bloomberg View hires Landman
Bloomberg View announced Wednesday that Jonathan Landman, former deputy managing editor and former culture editor of The New York Times, has been named editor-at-large. This is a new position that will encompass a range of duties, beginning with finding innovative and engaging ways to distill, integrate and present Bloomberg opinion, news and analytics. “Jon has […]
Bloomberg News team wins prize for Asia coverage
The Asia Society announced Tuesday that a team from Bloomberg News has won the 2013 Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia. The $10,000 cash award, known as the Oz prize, will be presented at a public program and discussion on May 23, at 6 p.m., at Asia Society in New York. The […]
O’Brien named publisher of Bloomberg View
Bloomberg View announced Tuesday that business journalist Timothy L. O’Brien has been named to the new position of publisher. O’Brien is former executive editor of The Huffington Post and will oversee the promotion of View content worldwide, extending the View brand in global media markets and assisting its continued growth as an influential forum on […]
Bloomberg adds Twitter to service
Bloomberg L.P. announced Thursday that it is the first financial information platform to integrate real-time Twitter feeds into its service. Bloomberg Professional service subscribers can now monitor and analyze real-time Twitter updates issued by corporations, executives, government officials, economists, commentators, media outlets and other voices that can influence the financial markets. Bloomberg classifies tweets by […]
