Ethics and reporting on tech companies
New York Times business columnist David Carr does not like the move by AOL to invest in the venture capital fund being run by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington and that it’s allowing Arrington to continue to write for the tech news site, even for free. Carr writes, “One of the sharpest critiques of this conflation […]
Business reporter’s desk appears in “Contagion” movie
Benny Evangelista, a technology reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle, writes about how his desk has a role in the upcoming movie “Contagion” starring Jude Law. Evangelista writes, “Director Steven Soderberg supposedly picked out my desk himself. I can see why – it sits smack dab in the middle of the newsroom, with a good […]
Barron’s coverage of Gap has gaps
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs doesn’t think that a Barron’s story about retailer The Gap has enough facts to support its thesis.
In defense of the NYT’s DealBook
Felix Salmon of Reuters defends the DealBook site operated by the New York Times business section in the wake of criticism by the paper’s public editor. Salmon writes, “Brisbane, by contrast, wants to see ‘in-depth investigating of a complex ecosystem’ in Europe, and wants the NYT to help its readers ‘understand deep crises like European […]
Bank of America coverage takes short-term view
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs takes umbrage at The Wall Street Journal’s coverage of Warren Buffett’s investment in Bank of America.
Writing about Wall Street, the person
Tom Reilly, the editor of the Attleboro Sun-Chronicle in Massachusetts, writes about how business journalists often personify what’s going on in the stock market. Reilly writes, “Adding to the public’s confusion about our national fiscal crisis is, I fear, the manner in which the news media is reporting the issue. “And I say this speaking […]
WSJ editorial page needs to revisit News Corp. editorial
Jack Shafer of Slate writes that The Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board needs to think about writing another editorial about its parent company now that new revelations have come to light about its phone hacking scandal. Shafer writes, “But revelations published by the Guardian on Tuesday give the Wall Street Journal editorial page plenty of […]
M&A coverage and scoops
Felix Salmon of Reuters writes about how the business press has handled scoops of mergers and acquisitions in the wake of Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility announced this morning not being leaked to any reporter. Salmon writes, “Deal scoops are the most basic currency of business journalism. Once a deal is certain to get done, […]
Overstating the importance of the stock market
Felix Salmon of Reuters was on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” Sunday morning to talk with host Howard Kurtz about coverage of the stock market in the wake of the downgrade of the U.S. government’s debt. Here is an excerpt: KURTZ: Did the press kind of miss the boat here? Because there were all those headlines, “11th […]
The reporting and writing style of Michael Lewis
In the wake of a story in Vanity Fair by financial journalist Michal Lewis that he argues misses the mark, Felix Salmon of Reuters examines Lewis’s writing and reporting techniques. Salmon writes, “Lewis is the best writer in financial journalism by some large margin, and much of what he does when reporting and writing his […]
