ProPublica wins Scripps-Howard award for business journalism
Paul Kiel and Olga Pierce of ProPublica have been named the winners of $10,000 and the William Brewster Styles Award, which goes to the best business reporting story, from the Scripps Howard Foundation for exposing the crushing failure of industry and government responses to the foreclosure crisis. ProPublica created an unrivaled database of homeowners who […]
Bloomberg reporter leaves for Business Insider
Ashley Lutz, who covers retailers for Bloomberg News in New York, has resigned to accept a position with Business Insider. The move is surprising to her colleagues in the Bloomberg newsroom because it is such a larger and more prestigious news organization than Business Insider. “She’s going to be a writer for our main page, […]
Bloomberg fires finance team editor Ahearn
Jim Romenesko is reporting that Bloomberg News has fired finance team editor William Ahearn. Romenesko writes, “‘As an editor and newsroom manager, Bill is right up there with Abe Rosenthal, Paul Steiger, Harold Hayes and the other greats of our profession,’ says one Bloomberg veteran, adding that the dismissal has ‘shocked and saddened Bloomberg bureaus […]
Bloomberg reporter in Toronto dies
Bloomberg News editor in chief Matthew Winkler sent out the following to the staff on Wednesday: It is with much sadness that we tell you of the passing yesterday of our friend and colleague Matt Walcoff. Matt joined Bloomberg in 2009 as a reporter in the Toronto bureau and truly exemplified the Bloomberg spirit. He […]
Why are we writing stories about lower Wall Street pay?
Yvette Kantrow, the executive editor of The Deal, wonders why business journalism is falling all over itself, particularly a Bloomberg News story, to cover how Wall Streeters are seeing a decline in pay and bonuses. Kantrow writes, “First of all, the Bloomberg story hardly qualifies as investigative journalism and offers little in the way of […]
Bloomberg Businessweek hires Time journalist
Claire Suddath, who was an arts and culture writer for Time magazine, has been hired by Bloomberg Businessweek, a magazine spokeswoman confirmed late Friday night. Suddath started at the magazine this week. Suddath, who grew up in Chicago, graduated from Vanderbilt University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Claire had been at Time for […]
Trish Regan’s best story was about flu vaccines
Linette Lopez of The Business Insider interviewed Bloomberg Television anchor Trish Regan about her career and what she considers important. Here is an excerpt: What was your proudest day at work?: Occasionally, as a journalist, you realize you have an incredible ability to affect the world in a positive way – by helping people who […]
Bloomberg Businessweek releases special travel issue
Bloomberg Businessweek, which last year had a sports business special edition, will release a travel special issue this weekend. The issue will include articles about the business traveler, how a Lufthansa flight between San Francisco to Bangalore, India, has been sold out for 11 consecutive years, conventions in Las Vegas, preferred customer programs and concierge […]
Bloomberg’s billionaire list includes rival
Ryan Chittum of Columbia Journalism Review writes that Bloomberg News‘ list of the richest billionaires likely includes David Thomson, chairman of rival Thomson Reuters, because it refuses to rank its founder Michael Bloomberg. Chittum writes, “Thomson squeezes into the last spot on Bloomberg’s list, with a net worth of $22.3 billion as of March 6. […]
Bloomberg.com launches new tech section
Marcus Chan, Bloomberg.com tech editor, writes about the expanded tech section on its website. Chan writes, “We’ve been beefing up our SF bureau, which now has approximately 70 editors and writers including tech reporting titans like Rich Jaroslovsky, Emily Chang, Cory Johnson, Brad Stone, Jon Erlichman, Ari Levy, Doug MacMillan, and Peter Burrows. Also, Bloomberg […]
