Detroit News personal finance columnist O’Connor is leaving
Award-winning personal finance columnist Brian O’Connor is among about 20 journalists leaving the Detroit News amid buyouts and layoffs. His last day is Dec. 23. O’Connor declined comment. O’Connor has been writing a column since May 2005. His award-winning market commentary includes the observation that, if Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke were to spontaneously combust, “The stock […]
FT hires Foroohar to write weekly column
The Financial Times has hired Rana Foroohar as its global business columnist and associate editor, based in New York. She will start on Mach 1, writing a weekly column. Foroohar is currently an assistant managing editor at Time, where she has been since 2010. She is a global economic analyst for CNN and a regular […]
RIABiz: Barron’s Next misses the mark with its content
Janice Kirkel of RIABiz.com is critical of Dow Jones & Co. for the launch of the new Barron’s Next site aimed at millennial readers. Kirkel writes, “Barron’s Next, along with almost every other news source in the country, finds itself weighing the journalistic compromises that come with the mandate to ‘satisfy millennials’ need to get […]
Hey tech writers, lighten up on the criticism
Criticism in tech writing has become overly pessimistic, writes Nausicaa Renner of the Columbia Journalism Review. Renner writes, “In a recent report, Tow Fellow Sara Watson counters the narrative that criticism has to be pessimistic. There is a lot of room, she argues, for thoughtful criticism that lands somewhere between ominous narratives written by luddites and […]
Explaining business to the community
Robert Reed, the new business columnist at the Chicago Tribune, writes about how he’s approaching the position. Reed writes, “For the better part of the last three decades, I’ve enjoyed reporting on the universe of business, finance and commerce, as well as analyzing and opining about its tremendous impact on everyday people. “Throughout, my concentration […]
Writers to share Sunday biz column for Green Bay daily
Richard Ryman of the Green Bay Press-Gazette writes about how he’s now sharing the Sunday business column with another business reporter. Ryman writes, “Today marks my 520th consecutive Sunday in the Press-Gazette. That’s 10 years without a break, through vacations, unpaid furloughs and one nasty kidney stone. My business column appeared 519 of those Sundays (did I mention […]
Reed hires as Chicago Tribune business columnist
Robert Reed, a former editor of Crain’s Chicago Business, has been hired as the business columnist for the Chicago Tribune, reports Robert Feder. Feder writes, “‘We continue to make investments in the business section as we cover the companies and issues that are important to our readers,’ Mary Ellen Podmolik, associate managing editor/business, said in a […]
Rosenthal loses Chicago Tribune biz column
Phil Rosenthal, who has written a column for the Chicago Tribune business section for a decade, is moving to the sports section to write features, reports Robert Feder. Feder writes, “Rosenthal has been missing from the Tribune since his last story ran online September 2. In his new role, sources said, he is expected to […]
Why VC investors are bad for biz media startups
Jessica Lessin of The Information writes about why venture capital investors are bad for business media startups such as Cheddar. Lessin writes, “At The Information, we have been funded by our customers from virtually day one. I’m lucky enough to have been able to get our company off the ground with a small amount of my […]
Biz columnist Housel leaves journalism for investment firm
Morgan Housel, a business columnist for The Motley Fool and The Wall Street Journal, is joining an investment firm, The Collaborative Fund, as a partner. Housel will be writing and speaking for the firm, as well as developing a strategy to broaden the firm into new areas of the investment world. “We are excited for Morgan […]
