Fort Worth business paper hires new president
The Fort Worth Business Press announced Tuesday that Chip Taulbee, associate publisher at Little Rock’s Arkansas Business Publishing Group, will join the company as president. A story on its website states, “‘We’re so excited to have Chip Taulbee join Fort Worth’s premier niche publishing and events company,’ said Nick Karanges, publisher of the Fort Worth […]
How to get a biz reporter to write about your company
Bryant Ruiz Switzky, a senior staff reporter at the Washington Business Journal, where he covers banking, finance and corporate accountability, writes about what a company should do to get coverage by the business media. Switzky writes, “If you’re trying to get on the good side of the business press, here are some things to keep […]
Denver Biz Journal, TV station strike partnership
The Denver Business Journal and and a Denver television station that is an NBC affiliate announced a business news partnership Wednesday. A story on the business newspaper’s website states, “Exclusive DBJ stories will be featured each Friday as part of ‘Gregg Moss Business Reports’ on 9News morning broadcasts, at 9News.com and on 9News mobile platforms. “9News, owned […]
Changes at the Triangle Business Journal
There’s been a heavier-than-usual changeover with the staff at the Triangle Business Journal, which operates in Raleigh, in the past two months. In the newsroom, longtime staff writer Lee Weisbecker, who covered finance and state government, left in July. His work had won awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors and the Society of American Business […]
Reporter leaving Milwaukee Business Journal
Wendy Strong, who worked at the Milwaukee Business Journal as well as appearing on WITI-TV Fox 6, is leaving after 13 years. Steve Kabelowsky of OnMilwaukee.com writes, “As part of a partnership, Strong at first spent most of her time at the station, and she told me that in those early days of learning new […]
Portland Biz Journal unveils design
Rob Smith, the editor of the Portland Business Journal, writes about the paper’s redesign. Smith writes, “The paper features a splashy new design, a centerpiece package based around important news, expanded treatment of our popular weekly lists and analysis and insight from our reporters on stories they’ve been covering all week. “We’re also emphasizing expanded […]
Triangle Business Journal names new managing editor
Rebecca Troyer, the opinion editor of The Daily Press in Newport News, Va., has been named the new managing editor of the Triangle Business Journal. She replaces Dale Gibson, who is retiring from the American City Business Journals paper on Friday. At the Daily Press, Troyer is responsible for the planning, writing and editing of […]
The Crain’s New York Weiner tip jar
Crain’s New York Business editor Glenn Coleman writes about how the business newspaper has begun a tip jar for anyone on its staff who comes up with a bad pun related to New York mayor candidate Anthony Weiner‘s sexting exploits. Coleman writes, “If one uttered a Weiner pun, much less proposed writing it in a […]
Rance Crain’s views on the world of biz journalism
Rance Crain is president and editorial director of Crain Communications Inc., which publishes nearly 30 local weekly business newspapers and trade papers. Crain’s career began as a reporter for Advertising Age in its Washington bureau and later moved to the publication’s New York and Chicago offices. He continues to lead Advertising Age as editor-in-chief and […]
Behind the Kansas City Business Journal redesign
Newspaper design expert Mario Garcia has posted page examples of the redesign at the Kansas City Business Journal and parts of an interview between Jon Wile, creative director for American City Business Journals, and publisher Joyce Hayhow, and editor Brian Kaberline about the nearly year-long transition their news operation has gone through. Here is an excerpt: […]
