Testy Biz Copy Editor: Which paper clip do you mean, Bloomberg?
Just report its size with numbers. The story text narrows it down to “one-third the size of an AAA battery.” But you’d still have to get out a ruler. (Bloomberg) (The AAA battery measurement is apparently standard. It comes […]
Antilla wins Betty Furness Award
Business columnist Susan Antilla has received The Betty Furness Consumer Media Service Award from the Consumer Federation of America. Throughout her career, Antilla has focused on exposing Wall Street scams that target small investors and the ineffective efforts of regulators to rein in those abuses. “The Consumer Federation of America is one of the few organized voices standing […]
Eisinger: Business journalism fails to hold powerful accountable
Asher Schechter of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business writes about a recent symposium it held about business journalism. Schechter writes, “During a panel at the recent Stigler Center conference on concentration in America, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Eisinger offered an anecdote that spoke to the current state of business journalism. […]
Know the difference between revenue and earnings
The eighth installment in the “Fast and the Furious” had the roads to itself and inched past the $100 million benchmark in the final moments. Studio estimates say “The Fate of the Furious earned a chart-topping $100.2 million over the holiday weekend. (Associated Press) Those weekly reports of movie box-office receipts are notable not only […]
“I” and “Me” in business journalism is bad
Here’s an observation from a recent round of judging for the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ latest “Best in Business” contest: A lot of submitted pieces in the news features categories used the first person. And right in the lead. That was not the case just a few years ago. The first person […]
WSJ’s Trump editorial draws attention
A Wall Street Journal editorial criticizing President Donald Trump is drawing attention, writes Sydney Ember of the New York Times. Ember writes, “The editorial, published online Tuesday night, was an extraordinarily harsh rebuke of President Trump, calling him ‘his own worst political enemy’ and asserting that he was damaging his presidency ‘with his seemingly endless […]
Markets reporters reflect opinion in the market
Peter Atwater, president of Financial Insights LLC, writes on LinkedIn about whether markets reporters are overly positive or overly negative in their coverage. Atwater writes, “In reflecting on Professor Garcia’s paper as well as Mr. Authers’ comments, I’d like to offer another possibility: the financial media, investor confidence and the markets all simultaneously mirror the same […]
Reuters Breakingviews makes three new hires
Reuters Breakingviews, a commentary service within Reuters, has hired three new staffers. They are: Lauren Silva Laughlin has rejoined Reuters Breakingviews as a columnist based in Dallas, covering the energy sector and a variety of corporate-finance-related matters. She had previously worked for Breakingviews in New York and left in 2010. Since then, she has written […]
LA Times biz columnist: Trump threatened to sue me
David Lazarus, a business columnist for the Los Angeles Times, writes Thursday about how president-elect Donald Trump threatened to sue him after he wrote critically about Trump University. Lazarus writes, “I got a distinctly different impression when I attended a Trump University seminar at the Pasadena Hilton in 2007 and spoke with prospective and former […]
WSJ opinion page seeks associate features editor
The Wall Street Journal Opinion section is looking for an Associate Editor for its Features team. Primary Duties: Back up the deputy features editor and stand in as needed. Edit/rewrite op-eds and prepare them for publication. Evaluate unsolicited submissions and communicate with the authors. Work with the features team to develop story ideas and possible […]
