Cummings to join Bloomberg News
Jeanne Cummings, assistant managing editor at Politico and former White House correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, will be joining the government team at Bloomberg News, where she will help direct the largest team in the Washington Bureau as deputy team leader. She will focus on enterprise reporting, coverage of the 2012 campaign and money […]
Bloomberg to launch site focusing on energy, sustainability
Bloomberg LP will launch this summer a news website devoted to energy and sustainability, according to a job posting. The job posting, for a deputy sustainability editor, states, “We will ask questions central to the future of global prosperity: Which firms and nations are leading the drive out of the hydrocarbon age? What do prices […]
Bloomberg Markets, Minneapolis paper win ABA awards
Bloomberg Markets magazine’s September 2010 issue article “Profiting From Fallen Soldiers” by senior writer David Evans has won the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award in the magazine category. The Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts recognizes outstanding work that fosters the American public’s understanding of law and the legal system. This is […]
AP economics reporter leaving for Bloomberg
Jeannine Aversa, a longtime business reporter for the Associated Press, has resigned to accept a position with Bloomberg News. Aversa told Talking Biz News that she will be covering the Federal Reserve at Bloomberg and start on June 13. Her last day at the AP’s Washington bureau is May 25, ending a 17-year run. Since […]
Bloomberg Businessweek editor Tyrangiel among the young dudes
John Koblin of Women’s Wear Daily writes Wednesday about the young men who have taken over running many of the country’s magazines, including Bloomberg Businessweek, where Josh Tyrangiel became editor about 18 months ago. Koblin writes, “‘What I’m surprised at is that the persona that Josh had as a rock critic or a music critic […]
Is there room for three business news networks?
Kevin Coy of NewsonNews.net writes about whether business news consumers need three business news channels on television with all of the other business media out there these days. Coy writes, “Those in the media circle have waited for a long time for the fledgling Fox Business Network to be rated, in order to see exactly […]
Bloomberg editor in chief Winkler is now on Twitter
Peter Kafka of All Things Digital writes Monday about how Bloomberg editor in chief Matthew Winkler, formerly opposed to how his staffers used Twitter, now has an account. Here is an excerpt from his interview with Winkler: He’s tweeted three times to date, and each one has been a sober note about accolades earned by […]
Loeb Award finalists announced
The finalists of the 2011 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, considered the Pulitzer Prizes of business journalism, were announced on Thursday. Winners in the 13 competition categories will be announced at the 2011 Loeb Awards dinner on Tuesday, June 28, at Capitale in New York City. Winners will be selected from […]
The power of Twitter in business journalism
Lizzie O’Leary, a Washington-based correspondent for Bloomberg Television, spoke to the Atlantic and talked about how important Twitter has become in relaying a story. O’Leary said, “The oil spill was actually the first time I came to understand the power of Twitter and started using it personally to get reporting tips. You’d see something pop […]
Covering the Rajaratnam verdict
Scott Rubin of Benzinga.com talked with Bloomberg Television anchor Margaret Brennan about how the network has been covering the case of convicted Wall Street trader Raj Rajaratnam. Here is an excerpt: What are some of the resources that Bloomberg TV puts behind this story? We literally had dozens of reporters from BloombergNews assigned to this […]
