BusinessWeek starts blog on recession
BusinessWeek.com has launched a new blog called “Recession in America“ in which reporter Tim Catts is travelling the country over the next four months covering the recession in America. Every day, Catts is blogging on how the recession is affecting the country, its people, and its businesses. Readers can directly participate by suggesting story ideas and helping BusinessWeek editors decide where to send Catts […]
NYTimes' Dealbook named best business blog
Dealbook, a blog edited by mergers and acquisitions reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times, was named the best business news blog in the annual EPpy awards, presented by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek. In addition, BusinessWeek’s web site won the award for best business web site with more than 1 million unique visitors […]
Loeb finalists named; Hertzberg and Comes honored
The finalists of the 2008 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism and the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lawrence Minard Editor Award were announced on Wednesday. The 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is Daniel Hertzberg, deputy managing editor for international at The Wall Street Journal. This annual award recognizes […]
Knight-Bagehot fellows named at Columbia
Ten Knight-Bagehot fellows in economics and business journalism have been named by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for the 2008-2009 academic year. They include journalists from The Miami Herald, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Associated Press and Dow Jones Newswires. The mid-career fellowships provide full tuition and a […]
BusinessWeek expands Marcial's presence online
BusinessWeek announced Monday that Wall Street columnist Gene Marcial will begin writing three times a week on its Web site and will also teach online courses on investing on the site as well. The online video course will be the first for BusinessWeek.com’s investing channel. “Seven Commandments of Stock Investingâ€? and features Marcial, a longtime columnist for the magazine […]
Portfolio, Wired and BusinessWeek win Ellies
Conde Nast Portfolio, Wired and BusinessWeek were the three business magazines that received Ellie Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors on Thursday night. Portfolio won for its Brief section as best magazine section. The judges stated, “Consistently smart, contrarian, and well-reported, Condé Nast Portfolio’s ‘Brief’ is an original take on ambition, invention, ego, […]
Thomson Reuters has challenges
Stanley Reed of BusinessWeek writes in the latest issue about the challenges facing the newly merged Thomson Reuters. Reed writes, “Glocer has made major strides in putting the two organizations together, but he may come under pressure to speed things up because of the foundering financial industry. Glocer’s mandate is to take the Thomson unit—which […]
BusinessWeek hires engagement editor
David Kaplan of PaidContent.org writes about how BusinessWeek.com editor John Byrne has hired an engagement editor to boost interaction with its readers. Kaplan writes, “To help coordinate reader-reporters into the mix, BW.com has just hired Shirley Brady for the new post of engagement editor. Brady recently wrapped up a seven-year run at now-defunct CableWorld, spending […]
BusinessWeek's Brady promoted to senior editor
BusinessWeek senior writer Diane Brady has been named senior editor and content chief, according to an announcement Wednesdat. In her new role, Brady will be responsible for print and online content focusing on corporations, management and strategy coverage. She will assume her new responsibilities on June 1, when she returns from a book leave. Her book, […]
The biz media and the CEO as celebrity
Davdi Weidner of Marketwatch writes Thursday about how business journalists made CEOs celebrities, and how some of these CEOs now need to earn their celebrity status. Weidner writes, “Until a few years ago, the American chief executive used to be largely anonymous. “Back in the 1970s, when stock ownership was mostly the province of sophisticated […]
