Bloomberg wins FOI award from IRE
A team of Bloomberg News journalists have won the FOI Award in the 2011 Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards. “The Fed’s Trillion-Dollar Secret,” was written by Bradley Keoun, Phil Kuntz, Bob Ivry, Craig Torres, Scott Lanman, David Yanofsky, Donal Griffin, Greg Stohr and Christopher Condon. The judges wrote, “This is accountability reporting at its best. […]
Are Reuters and Bloomberg the future of news?
Lucia Moses of Adweek writes Monday about Reuters and Bloomberg and their explosive growth in the past few years. Moses writes, “Meanwhile, Bloomberg and Reuters, with the vast majority of their journalism paid for by non-advertising revenue, are already there. With their global footprint and vast distribution system, they are an enviable model. While print […]
Two leave Bloomberg TV’s London operation
Merrill Knox of TVNewser is reporting that an anchor and a producer have left Bloomberg Television’s London operations. Knox writes, “Anchor Andrea Catherwood and producer Gary Kanofsky have both left Bloomberg TV’s London bureau. “A Bloomberg spokesperson confirmed the departures, saying they are not related to a round of layoffs Bloomberg announced last week. “Kanofsky’s […]
Taking boring subjects and making them appealing at Businessweek
Joe Pompeo of Capital New York writes Friday about how Bloomberg Businessweek has overhauled its look and its content to make what some believe is boring content more interesting. Pompeo writes, “They set the place up so that art directors would be sitting next to editors would be sitting next to photo editors and so […]
Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards announced
Judges for the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards met Thursday and selected the following winners for awards to be presented on May 1 at an awards luncheon in New York City. These awards recognize reporters from the national and local press who contribute to a better understanding […]
A pressing style question for biz reporters
This was in the Bloomberg News weekly notes this week: Q. What’s our style for writing the word oom-pah, or is it oom-pah-pah? A. This word isn’t in The Bloomberg Way nor the AP Stylebook, so the next reference to check is Webster’s New World College Dictionary. It gives the spelling as oompah, with no […]
Bloomberg editor Winkler to receive lifetime achievement award
Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Winkler will receive the award in New York at the fifth annual Awards for Excellence in Journalism gala on May 14. Dean Stephen B. Shepard praised Winkler for bringing “traditional journalism into the digital […]
Remembering Matt Walcoff of Bloomberg News
Luisa D’Amato, a columnist at The Record in Kitchener, Ontario, writes about Bloomberg News reporter Matt Walcoff, who died unexpectedly earlier this month and had worked at the paper. D’Amato writes, “Matt was in his late 30s, but he easily could have been 10 years younger or older. He was a brilliant journalist with a […]
Bloomberg TV cuts 30 staffers, plans to add digital jobs
Chris Ariens of TV Newser reports that Bloomberg Television laid off 30 staffers who were reporters, producers, associate producers, editors and other staffers this morning as the company shifts to a digital-centric newsroom. Ariens writes, “As TV employees are cut, Bloomberg plans to add 13 new positions and create a Digital Video Desk focused on […]
Keene tries to talk to smart people
John Nyaradi of Wall Street Selector interviews Bloomberg News’ Tom Keene on his job and his Bloomberg Television shows. Here is an excerpt: John Nyaradi: Let’s talk a little bit about your work at Bloomberg, you have done some great things there – you are founder of the chart of the day on Bloomberg […]
