Giorgi, ex-Bloomberg Businessweek visual journalist, joins Dallas daily
Jon McClure, data and news application editor at the Dallas Morning News, sent out the following staff announcement: I’m happy to share that Ariana Giorgi will be joining our newsroom as our third computational journalist. She’ll start early next month. Ariana comes to us from The Chronicle of Higher Education where she was a database reporter and developer. […]
Bloomberg Businessweek to stop ranking undergrad B schools
John Byrne of PoetsandQuants.com reports that Bloomberg Businessweek has decided to stop ranking undergraduate business schools. Byrne reports, “The announcement was made in an email from Bloomberg Businessweek staffer Francesca Levy. Levy, editor of what Bloomberg calls Game Plan, did not provide a reason for the cutback. But the magazine lost its experienced team of journalists […]
When the BusinessWeek editor recused himself from Intel coverage
Steve Shepard, the editor in chief of BusinessWeek from 1984 to 2005, writes about recusing himself from editing major Intel stories during his tenure because of his relationship with CEO Andy Grove. Shepard writes, “Over the years, I always went to see him when I was in California, and we shared lunches and dinners in […]
Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek win Ellies
Wired and Bloomberg Businessweek were the two business magazines that won National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors on Monday. Wired won the design category. It was also a finalist in the service category for “All Work and All Play,” by Rashida Jones. Bloomberg Businessweek won the single-topic issue category for “Code: […]
Businessweek, Fast Company, Wired nominated for Ellies
Fast Company, Wired and Bloomberg Businessweek were among the business magazines nominated for National Magazine Awards by the American Society of Magazine Editors on Thursday. Wired is a finalist in the design category. It is also a finalist in the service category for “All Work and All Play,” by Rashida Jones, July. Bloomberg Businessweek is […]
Bloomberg adds Kolker to investigations team
Bob Blau, who oversees the investigations and projects team at Bloomberg News, and Bloomberg Businessweek editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Monday: Please join us in welcoming Robert Kolker, who will start on January 25, and be based in New York. Bob will be a member of the Projects and Investigations team, […]
Bloomberg Businessweek hires Markets & Finance editor, names Etc. editor
Bloomberg Businessweek editor in chief Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement Monday morning: Happy New Year, everybody. I’m pleased to start off 2016 by announcing a few new members of the Bloomberg Businessweek staff. They are supertalented, very enthusiastic, and already known to some of you from past lives. Pat Regnier starts as editor at Bloomberg […]
More women, international covers coming at Bloomberg Businessweek
Politico Media interviewed new Bloomberg Businessweek editor Ellen Pollock, who took over recently from Josh Tyrangiel. Here is an excerpt: POLITICO: You took the reins as editor from Josh Tyrangiel, who you worked closely with during his six years leading the publication. In your nine weeks at the helm, what do you think will be the biggest […]
Tech journalists remember pioneer WIldstrom
Here are some of the comments posted by technology journalists about Steve Wildstrom, whose “Technology & You” column ran in BusinessWeek from 1994 to 2009. Robert Scoble, who wrote the tech blog Scobleizer: Steve Wildstrom was one of the nice guys. I enjoyed going to Germany with him, covering the IFA show together. He was a […]
Wildstrom, well-known tech journalist, dies
Steve Wildstrom, a long-time BusinessWeek columnist and one of the first journalists to focus primarily on technology, died on Nov. 24 of brain cancer. John Biggs of TechCrunch writes, “Wildstrom wrote the Technology & You for Business Week from 1994 to 2009. He was a larger-than-life figure in the world of journalism and, more specifically, tech […]
