An idea for business sections
Normon Solomon suggests that business sections in 2006 should add a labor page since most of the coverage is devoted to CEOs and companies. Here is the specific suggestion: “Daily newspaper editors: Just about...
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Nice to see this kind of enthusiasm
Here is a posting from someone who recently interviewed for a small-town business reporting job. It’s refreshing to see this kind of enthusiasm for someone just getting into the field of business reporting. “It’s...
Top 10 NYT mistakes for 2005 includes biz story
The Web site Timeswatch.org posted its top 10 mistakes made by the New York Times in 2005. Checking in at No. 6 was this business story that should have appeared in the business section...
Where does a daily paper run its stock story?
Having spent the last three days at my parent’s house in suburban Atlanta, I was able to read the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on a regular basis once again. I worked on the business desk there...
Are Big Box retailers fudging some numbers?
If you cover big box retailers — Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Target, Costco, etc. — then here is something to think about: These retailers like to report certain numbers to show the strength of...
MarketWatch losing readers?
Business 2.0 has a nice update on the Dow Jones acquisition of the CBS Marketwatch web site, which occurred almost a year ago. Seems that the site has lost a lot of viewers and...
Credentials for business reporters
This blog argues that the way to improve the quality of journalism, including economics journalism, is to have some sort of credentialing system. Specifically, it states: “Another possible response is improved journalistic credentialling. Why...
Is there bias in business reporting?
That’s what Fox News business editor Neil Cavuto believes, according to an interview in the Chicago Sun-Times on Sunday. Among Cavuto’s allegations against business reporters are: “With Enron, one bad company quickly became ‘all...
The Apprentice has a business journalist
Given the Donald’s relationship with a New York Times writer who recently published a book about his operations, I’m surprised to discover that there is a business reporter who is one of the contestants...
Ouch!
As a business journalism educator, I think it’s important for those doing the teaching to also be practicing the craft, and I write a monthly sports business column for Business North Carolina magazine in...
