Longtime Wall Street columnist Marcial dies at 89

Gene Marcial, a longtime Wall Street columnist for BusinessWeek magazine, has died at the age of 89. Marcial wrote the “Inside Wall Street” column at BusinessWeek magazine for 28 years, through Dec. 30, 2009. It was one of the most influential market columns as it moved stocks that he highlighted each week. BusinessWeek established a […]

Biz publications among Sigma Delta Chi award winners

The following business publications won in the 2020 Sigma Delta Chi Awards presented by the Society of Professional Journalists. Newspaper Non-Deadline Reporting (Non-Daily Publication) Economic Inequities Shawn Donnan, Bloomberg Businessweek Newspaper Investigative Reporting (Non-Daily Publication) One system, (un)equal access: How the U.S. financial system is failing Black businesses and how that might change Staffs, American […]

Bloomberg Businessweek wins Ellie for single topic issue

Bloomberg Businessweek was the only business magazine to win a 2021 National Magazine Award, commonly known as the Ellies. The publication won in the single-topic category for “The Lost Year.” Two hundred and thirty-one national and regional publications submitted entries this year, including 440 print, 595 digital and 127 multiplatform. This year marks the first […]

Bloomberg BusinessWeek, AP win Deadline Club awards for business reporting

A story in Bloomberg Businessweek and another by the Associated Press and “Frontline” have won the business news categories for the annual Deadline Club awards. In the business feature category, the winner was Christopher Cannon and Josh Eidelson of Bloomberg Businessweek for “How the American Worker Got Fleeced.” In the business investigative reporting category, the […]

Reinhardt, ex-Bloomberg and BusinessWeek, hired by SF Chronicle

Andy Reinhardt, who worked at BusinessWeek magazine and Bloomberg News, has been hired as politics editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. Reinhardt was with BusinessWeek from 1996 through its acquisition by Bloomberg in 2009. starting as a tech correspondent in San Francisco. He then moved to Paris to become a senior tech correspondent and then launched […]

Business magazines named 2021 Ellie finalists

Business magazines have been nominated as finalists in the 2021 National Magazine Awards, commonly known as the Ellies. Harvard Business Review was named a finalist in the special interest category. MIT Technology Review was named a finalist in the literature, science and politics category. Fast Company and Wired were named finalists in the design category. […]

AP, WSJ, BusinessWeek, Fortune among Deadline Club Award finalists

The New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has named the finalists for its Deadline Club Awards. The business journalism category finalists are: Business Feature Christopher Cannon and Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg Businessweek, “How the American Worker Got Fleeced” Jared S. Hopkins, The Wall Street Journal, “How Pfizer Delivered a Covid Vaccine in Record […]

NY Times taps Sun as graphics editor

Albert Sun is joining The New York Times as a graphics editor. Previously, Sun was leading The Times open-source coronavirus data initiative and has contributed heavily to the reporting, development and maintenance of the tracking project. In his new role, Sun will continue to be involved with the pandemic tracking project. Sun came to The […]

Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Gruley to retire

Bryan Gruley, a reporter at large for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek, is retiring. “New passions and projects await,” he wrote on Twitter. He has been with the news organization since September 2011, writing big features about everything from oil to hockey, from John Deere to Kim Dotcom, from yogurt to marijuana. Gruley was previously […]

Bloomberg Businessweek suspends MBA rankings

Bloomberg Businessweek, which annually publishes one of the five most influential rankings of MBA programs, announced that it would suspend its 2020 ranking due to the disruptions caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, reports John Byrne of Poets & Quants. Byrne reports, “The decision comes less than two weeks after the Graduate Management Admission Council, […]