Why a business columnist wrote about homelessness
Dan McSwain, the business columnist of the San Diego Union-Tribune, answered questions about why he decided to write about the city’s homelessness problem. Here is an excerpt: Q: You’re a business columnist. Why homelessness? A: I like a good mystery. The number of people living on the street in downtown San Diego has jumped by […]
How not to Gawker yourself: What we can learn
As a journalism educator, newsroom lawyer, writer and frequent panelist on media law issues, I have been asked several times about the impact of the famous “Hulk Hogan” case against Gawker. Almost every newsroom lawyer I know has (at least privately) given the same flippant answer: “Easy. Don’t publish secretly-made sex tapes.” But that answer, […]
Reuters Breakingviews seeks associate editor
Reuters Breakingviews is in search of an associate editor who can both write agenda-setting financial commentary and help others columnists develop and craft theirs. The ideal candidate brings a global perspective on matters economic and financial, and can work with a small group of energetic journalists to produce thought-provoking articles on companies, markets and deals. […]
Swisher on what’s wrong with tech reporting
Jeff Wise of New York magazine interviewed Recode cofounder Kara Swisher about technology reporting. Here is an excerpt: You’ve said that the tech press is great at telling you about the new iPhone but not so good at doing investigative journalism. Maybe you can tell me a little bit about why that is. I think with Wall Street […]
Donald Trump and the WSJ editorial page
David Warsh of Economic Principals writes about how the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page under Robert Bartley led to Donald Trump’s nomination and how it is currently evolving. Warsh writes, “Is it fair to blame the chaos surrounding this year’s Republican nomination on Bob Bartley? Clearly I think so. No one in my lifetime systematically removed more of […]
Cowen joins Bloomberg View as columnist
Tyler Cowen has joined Bloomberg View as a staff columnist where he will write regularly about economics and policy. In his debut column, Cowen writes that historical research shows Turkey’s economy isn’t likely to be affected much by the military uprising. Cowen is an author, an economics professor at George Mason University and is the […]
Reuters Breakingviews hires Silver as columnist
Jeffrey Goldfarb, the U.S. editor for Reuters Breakingviews, sent out the following announcement: Colleagues – I am delighted to announce that Sara Silver will be joining us as a columnist in New York. With some two decades of business journalism experience, Sara comes to us well-suited for financial commentary. At the Wall Street Journal, she covered […]
How Thiel’s Gawker battle could influence Silicon Valley coverage
Vivek Wadhwa writes for Inc. about how Peter Thiel’s legal battle against Gawker could influence Silicon Valley coverage by other media. Wadhwa writes, “Other than Gawker’s tech website, Valleywag, which was shut down this year, there are few publications in Silicon Valley that will confront its tech moguls and overhyped start-ups. Witness theethical breaches committed by […]
Clickbait vs. real journalism about Silicon Valley
Nellie Bowles, who covers Silicon Valley for The Guardian, writes about the culture among tech companies when it comes to how the media covers them. Bowles writes, “Each of these investors – and many of those writing in a wave of local support for Thiel – add caveats that they’re happy to see ‘clickbait’ or […]
Detroit Free Press names senior business columnist
John Gallagher has been named Detroit Free Press senior business columnist. A story on its website states, “Gallagher has expertly covered development news for 29 years, always making the competition nervous delivering in-depth exclusive news and analysis. Among his achievements, Gallagher provided key leadership and insight covering Detroit’s 18-month bankruptcy and was co-author of ‘How Detroit Went Broke,’ a deeply […]
