Bloomberg TV economics editor leaves for BBC
Linda Yueh, the Bloomberg Television economics editor based in London, has left to become BBC’s chief business corrrespondent, based in Singapore. Louise Duffy of RapidTVNews.com writes, “Yueh will be based in Singapore, and will travel extensively throughout Asia and globally to cover the main economics and business news stories. In addition to reporting across BBC […]
Triplett, Bloomberg journalist and NLGJA president, dies
Michael Triplett, a Bloomberg journalist and president of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, died earlier this month from cancer. He was 48. Adam Bernstein of The Washington Post writes, “At his death, Mr. Triplett was an assistant managing editor for the Daily Tax Report at Bloomberg BNA. “He had spent about 12 years […]
Bloomberg Government making layoffs, including Pulitzer winner
Bloomberg Government, a unit of Bloomberg LP that covers the intersection of government and business, is laying off an undetermined number of employees on Thursday, a person from within the unit confirmed to Talking Biz News. One of those laid off is Lisa Getter, who won a Pulitzer Prize when she worked for The Miami […]
Bloomberg Pursuits adds two staffers
Bloomberg Pursuits is building up as it moves into its quarterly frequency this year under new editor, Ted Moncreiff. The magazine has hired a new art director, Anton Ioukhnovets. He was recently W’s design director and spent 2003 to 2010 as GQ’s art director.For most of 2012, he was the creative director of Lotus, which […]
Winski, Bloomberg ME, leaves company
Joe Winski, a longtime top editor at Bloomberg News, has left the organization. Winski, who joined Bloomberg in 1994, has updated his LinkedIn profile to denote that he is a “former managing editor.” His profile on the Bloomberg terminal now gives the same title. Winski did not immediately return a message. A Bloomberg representative confirmed […]
Thinking about viewers while doing interviews
Wanchee Wang of the University of Pennsylvania alumni magazine profiles Bloomberg Television anchor Betty Liu about her career in business journalism. Wang writes, “‘I always think about viewers when I’m doing an interview,’ Betty Liu C’95 is saying. ‘If they’re going to spend five minutes with me and listen in on an interview, what do […]
Secrecy, journalism and the Federal Reserve
David Warsh of EconomicPrincipals.com writes about the concept of secrecy and the Federal Reserve Board and how it affects journalists who write about the economy. He pays particular attention to the departure of longtime Fed reporter John Berry from Bloomberg News in the wake of the news organization’s push to get the Fed to release […]
Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal win National Press Foundation awards
Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal have both won National Press Foundation awards. Bloomberg News and its reporters William Selway, Esmé E. Deprez and Alison Vekshin will receive the Feddie, given for work showing the impact of Washington rules and regulations outside the Beltway, specifically how current and projected spending cuts impacted Americans. The […]
Bloomberg’s FOI requests fail to get documents
Nine of 15 cabinet offices have yet to release details of their out-of-town travel records six months after Bloomberg News filed requests for those documents under the Freedom of Information Act. Jim Snyder and Danielle Ivory of Bloomberg News write, “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Kathleen Sebelius of the Department […]
Bloomberg and the Financial Times
Michael Wolff writes on USA Today about Bloomberg’s interest in The Financial Times. Wolff writes, “As it happens, Bloomberg’s interest in the FT was sparked by his interest in the New York Times. Rupert Murdoch, a great purveyor of media gossip, ever-eager to cause trouble for his nemesis, the Times, started to spread the rumor […]
