Chicago Tribune biz columnist leaves paper
Melissa Harris, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and Chicago Tribune business columnist, has been hired by Origin Capital Partners as vice president of marketing. Harris has been hired to oversee the firm’s new online real estate crowdfunding platform. She started last week. She is a two-time finalist for The Livingston Award, honoring outstanding reporting by journalists […]
Reuters Breakingviews seeks Washington columnist
Reuters Breakingviews is seeking a columnist to enhance its agenda-setting coverage of the U.S. capital. This is a unique role within the Washington press corps, especially heading into a presidential election. It’s an opportunity to break away from the day-to-day horse race and focus exclusively on the economic and financial issues that matter most to a […]
Dear beat reporters: You better know other sectors as well
There are lots of business sectors. And they are fun to cover. And not just as individual beats, but as a group. “Sectors? Careful, you’re dating yourself,” said an editor acquaintance during a recent meeting. She gestured out at the vast newsroom beyond her office. “Most of the kids out there wouldn’t know what you’re […]
Nocera’s NY Times op-ed column to end
Business journalist Joe Nocera’s op-ed column for the New York Times will end on Tuesday, reports Jeremy Barr of Politico. Barr writes, “Nocera’s column, which focuses on business and finance, has run twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. “Nocera is expected to take on a new role at the paper, POLITICO has learned, but it was not clear […]
WSJ seeks senior markets columnist
The Wall Street Journal seeks a senior markets columnist who can bring a sophisticated and global view on the financial markets to the Journal’s 2 million+ readership. This is a premier role with high visibility both inside and outside the organization. The columnist should have deep experience and comfort reporting on, writing about, and explaining […]
WSJ seeks columnist to cover Wall Street people
The Wall Street Journal seeks a staff reporter to chronicle the comings and goings of the financial industry, homing in on the people moves and executive shakeups of firms large and small. This reporter will write frequently with news about the people of Wall Street and the financial industry more broadly. This columnist must be […]
A monkey or a business reporter?
Olivia Barrow, a reporter for the Milwaukee Business Journal, writes on LinkedIn about how she tries to go beyond reporting stories that a monkey could do, such as rewriting news releases and earnings. Here are two of her suggestions: Know your value, and don’t get bogged down in anything that doesn’t provide value. I can write […]
When business journalism falls into a rut
What’s more important in business news coverage: Experience or a fresh perspective? Or, put in a different frame, what’s worse: “same old same old” or “doesn’t know what’s going on”? This is becoming an issue for financial news coverage, especially as everyone in the business continues to dog the seemingly never-ending story this year: the […]
Bloomberg seeks pharma/biotech commentary writer
Bloomberg is looking for a columnist with deep expertise on core business developments and forces shaping health care, as well as the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. This person should be a knowledgeable, graceful writer who is comfortable analyzing pivotal news events in this area quickly and with abundant perspective and opinion — as long as […]
Salmon: Daily stock market stories should be banned
Felix Salmon writes on Fusion that daily stock market stories should be stopped because they don’t help investors. Salmon writes, “At the other end of the spectrum, big moves over the course of months or years can also be informative. What has happened in the past few years to Tesla stock, or Netflix? Looking at […]
