The issues of business journalism on TV
The challenge of business journalism on television is getting past the visual aspect and focusing on the content, said a former CNBC show host at a business journalism symposium Thursday. “My three years there made it asbsoultely clear to me that for them, serious business journalism was third or fourth on the list,” said Alan […]
Do biz journalists need more training?
A panel of well-known business journalists and experts differed Thursday morning on whether reporters covering business and the economy need to have more training in the field. “I don’t think we have any requirement where religion writers have to go to seminary,” said Nik Deogun, deputy bureau chief in Washington for the Wall Street Journal. […]
The failure of personal finance journalism
Personal finance journalism is failing in that it does not tell consumers what they need to know about their money and investing, said John Wasik, the personal finance columnist for Bloomberg News, at a business journalism symposium Thursday. “In terms of personal finance, I think that we are failing,” said Wasik, who spoke at “The […]
Business journalism is changing, says O'Bryon
The cutting of stock listings in the business section of daily newspapers is just one of the many changes that will cause business journalism to change, said Linda O’Bryon, the senior vice president and general manager of NBR Enterprises/WPBT2, which produces Nightly Business Report, seen nationally on more than 250 public television stations, in a […]
Does this BusinessWeek cover rip off Seattle Weekly?
I will let you decide: Scary in their similarity. A photographer for the Richmond Times-Dispatch was fired recently for staging a photo that was similar to one used in another publication. Is this any different? BusinessWeek editor Stephen Adler stated on Romenesko that he wrote the cover headline, and he was unaware of the Seattle […]
Barnako disagrees with Friedman about Cramer
Marketwatch columnist Frank Barnako disagrees with fellow columnist Jon Friedman, who wrote last week that CNBC’s Jim Cramer was an embarrassment. Barnako wrote, “Friedman says ‘shame’ on Cramer for putting some life into Mad Money. Sure, the creator of the Booyah Bear sometimes sounds like a barker on a carnival midway, but who’s he hurting? […]
Dallas editors made bad call with Gates story placement
Dallas Morning News business columnist Cheryl Hall argued in her Wednesday column that editors at her paper downplayed the story that Bill Gates was stepping down from day-to-day operations at Microsoft to spend more time running his foundation, which gives away billions. Hall wrote, “The editors here made a bad call last week when they […]
NY Times to run ads on the front of Biz section
The New York Times will begin selling ads that will appear on the front of its business section, Times’ reporter Katherine Seelye noted in a Wednesday story. An announcement was made by executive editor Bill Keller in the newsroom on Tuesday. Seelye wrote, “The ads are expected to sell at a premium rate because of […]
Marketwatch journalists start blogging
Marketwatch columnists Herb Greenberg, Bambi Francisco and Frank Barnako have started blogging. Barnako’s blog is called the Media Blog, while Francisco’s is called Bambi’s Blog. Greenberg’s blog is called the Market Blog. All three are accessible from Marketwatch’s home page. Greenberg writes in the introduction of his blog this week that he expects his posts […]
Cuban defends investigative biz journalism site
Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks who is the investor behind the new investigative business journalism Web site ShareSleuth.com, defended on his blog today the concept of investing in the stocks that are written about on the site before the articles are published. Cuban wrote, “You may not like that I will trade […]
