Biz columnist receives hundreds of responses to request
Tom Walsh, the business columnist at the Detroit Free Press, writes that he received hundreds of responses from his request for ideas last week about how to remake his column. Walsh writes, “The latest response, arriving as I wrote this Friday afternoon, came from Beverly Worman of Washington Township, who said: ‘Please write deeply about […]
Don’t believe what you read about the markets
David Moon, a columnist for the Knoxville News in Sunday, warns readers from using the media to make investing decisions. Moon writes, “There is a massive difference between risk and the perception of risk. The press is generally only capable of addressing the perception of risk — and only in a superficial fashion. As a […]
Biz columnist asks for help in reinventing himself
Tom Walsh, the business columnist for the Detroit Free Press, asks for help from his readers in terms of reinventing what he does. Walsh writes, “We in the press tend to be fond of yapping at each other and running from app to app to spew our thoughts in a hundred directions. But we too […]
A biz journalist turns 50 — and looks back at 25
Chuck Jaffe, a columnist for Marketwatch.com, writes about turning 50 last week and his goals in business journalism when he was 25. Jaffe writes, “I would not say I was an insightful 25-year-old. At the time, I was a business reporter for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, I was married but had no children […]
Weidner on biz media and covering Wall Street
David Weidner, a Marketwatch.com Wall Street columnist and leaving New York for San Francisco, where he will begin writing a new column in a few weeks focusing on another aspect of finance. In his column, he offers advice and commentary for business journalists covering Wall Street: Timing is everything: Market journalism should be written in […]
Why are there no biz reporters at the White House?
Hal Morris, writing on his GrumpyEditor.com blog, wonders why business journalists are not in attendance at the White House when the president discusses the economy. Morris writes, “President Barack Obama’s remarks about the economy at Friday’s news conference illustrates that more business writers should be in attendance asking questions, suggests Grumpy Editor. “After the president […]
Defending Business Insider´s brand of journalism
Tom Foremski of ZDNet.com writes that Business Insider´s short stories and blogging is not what ails journalism, it is that journalism doesn´t have the money to produce as much long-form journalism as it has in the past. Foremski writes, ¨Outsiders don’t know how you are supposed to be do things, they don’t know that some […]
Houston’s Steffy among tops in the field
Dean Rotbart of NewsBios.com writes for Examiner.com about Houston Chronicle business columnist Loren Steffy, whom he says has “earned a national reputation for quality, insightful reporting that clearly places him among the most-respected financial writers in the country.” Rotbart writes, “Steffy’s business column appears Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the Chronicle and he also blogs […]
Biz media more favorable toward Facebook than Google
Howard Gold writes Friday on Marketwatch.com that the business media has written more favorably about Facebook during its initial public offering than it did when Google went public. Gold writes, “And after reviewing many articles, I was surprised to find the tone fairly positive. Sure, writers have raised questions about Facebook’s valuation, its ability to […]
Minneapolis paper hires new biz columnist
Lee Schafer, who worked for Twin Cities Business and the Corporate Report before entering the business world, has been hired as the new business columnist of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. He replaces Eric Wieffering, who is taking a management role in the newsroom. David Brauer of MinnPost.com writes, “Still, Schafer comes packaged with paychecks from some […]
