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 […]
Bloomberg stocks editor gets promotion
Joanna Ossinger, a stocks editor at Bloomberg News focusing on U.S. markets and global options coverage, has been promoted to deputy team leader for the Bloomberg First Word product. The team leader is Brad Skillman, and the managing editor is Kevin Reynolds. First Word is Bloomberg’s news product directly aimed at real-time investors that launched […]
Automated reporting and business journalism
By Alex Barinka Business journalists may be racing against heartless competition as automated data-driven stories become more commonplace. Robbie Allen, founder of Automated Insights, has developed computer programs to convert sports data into stories that mirror sports news articles including game previews, post-game stories and player-of-the-week stories. The numbers-based data typical to sports news is […]
Bloomberg hires tech reporter from CNN
Tom Giles, U.S. tech team leader at Bloomberg News, sent out the following staff announcement earlier this week: Please join me in welcoming Mark Milian, the newest member of Bloomberg’s U.S. tech team. Mark will play a key role in the expansion of Bloomberg.com’s tech page, working closely with Marcus Chan and the rest of […]
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 […]
