Let’s stop covering everything about Zuckerberg, Altman and Musk
Public relations executive Ed Zitron argues that the business media is doing a disserve to society by covering everything it can about technology executives Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Zitron writes, “The reason that Elon Musk is able to lie and get away with it is that a far-too-large chunk of the press seems dedicated […]
The problems in covering Trump’s economics proposals
Jem Bartholomew of Columbia Journalism Review writes about the mistakes being made in the media covering former President Donald Trump’s economics proposals. Bartholomew writes, “So how is the media communicating what Trump’s economic policies would mean for the country? As I see it, it’s going wrong in two ways. First, journalists are ‘sanewashing’ Trump’s senselessness, as […]
Gapper named FT’s chief UK business columnist
John Gapper has been named chief UK business columnist for the Financial Times. He has been a business columnist of the FT Weekend. He writes a weekly column on business and society from a consumer perspective, and other features and interviews. He was formerly the FT’s chief business commentator and opinion & analysis editor. He has […]
Washington Post’s Long to become columnist focused on economy
David Shipley of The Washington Post sent out the following on Thursday: Let’s start with Heather Long. Heather, who has been a member of the editorial board since 2021, will become a 24/7 columnist starting in September. Her focus will be the U.S. economy – from the ground up. She’ll be writing about workers, businesses, corporate leaders […]
When gag rules stifle business reporting
Seth Stern of the Freedom of the Press Foundation writes about how regulatory agency gag rules hurt business reporting. Stern writes, “You might ask, how can a relatively obscure 1972 rule from a financial regulator be awful enough to bring together such strange bedfellows? Let me explain. “The ‘gag rule’ requires defendants who settle enforcement actions […]
Reuters Breakingviews seeks a US columnist
Reuters are looking for a top-notch columnist to join our crack U.S. team. This is an opportunity to set the agenda on corporate finance, banking, markets, and policy in the world’s largest capital market. Over more than two decades, Reuters Breakingviews has built an unrivalled reputation for delivering clear, punchy, and well-informed views for decision-makers around the world. […]
Let’s stop writing about every Elon Musk tweet
Jason Koebler of 404 Media writes about the tech media’s obsession with writing stories around when Elon Musk tweets. Koebler writes, “In the 18 hours since Musk has dashed out a few errant thoughts about possibly banning Apple devices at his companies, Google News has indexed roughly 100 different articles about the tweets, most of which […]
WSJ’s coverage of Biden’s acuity takes criticism
Oliver Darcy of CNN writes that a Wall Street Journal article earlier this week about President Joe Biden’s acuity is drawing criticism. Darcy writes, “A spokesperson for The Journal told me that the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper, which is under the stewardship of newish editor Emma Tucker, ‘stands by its reporting.’ If Tucker is comfortable with such shoddy journalism, […]
The proper way to write a tech review
Famous tech product reviewers Walt Mossberg and Marques Brownlee spoke with his former colleague Kara Swisher about how to properly write product reviews. Here is an excerpt: Brownlee: But a Frisbee team I play for uses it to talk to each other, and they were all talking about this certain product, whether they should buy it or not. […]
Fortune launches advice column for entrepreneurs
Fortune magazine has launched “Ask Andy,” a bi-weekly advice column for entrepreneurs and start-up founders. It will be written by Andy Dunn, co-founder of e-commerce pioneer Bonobos and an investor in and advisor to other startups. Dunn is the author of “Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind,” a memoir on mental illness […]
