Let’s stop writing about every Elon Musk tweet
Jason Koebler of 404 Media writes about the tech media’s obsession with writing stories around when Elon Musk tweets. Koebler writes, “In the 18 hours since Musk has dashed out a few errant thoughts about possibly banning Apple devices at his companies, Google News has indexed roughly 100 different articles about the tweets, most of which […]
WSJ’s coverage of Biden’s acuity takes criticism
Oliver Darcy of CNN writes that a Wall Street Journal article earlier this week about President Joe Biden’s acuity is drawing criticism. Darcy writes, “A spokesperson for The Journal told me that the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper, which is under the stewardship of newish editor Emma Tucker, ‘stands by its reporting.’ If Tucker is comfortable with such shoddy journalism, […]
The proper way to write a tech review
Famous tech product reviewers Walt Mossberg and Marques Brownlee spoke with his former colleague Kara Swisher about how to properly write product reviews. Here is an excerpt: Brownlee: But a Frisbee team I play for uses it to talk to each other, and they were all talking about this certain product, whether they should buy it or not. […]
Fortune launches advice column for entrepreneurs
Fortune magazine has launched “Ask Andy,” a bi-weekly advice column for entrepreneurs and start-up founders. It will be written by Andy Dunn, co-founder of e-commerce pioneer Bonobos and an investor in and advisor to other startups. Dunn is the author of “Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind,” a memoir on mental illness […]
The problem with tech journalism
Timothy B. Lee writes in Asterisk magazine about why a lot of technology reporting is superficial. Lee writes, “The awkward reality is that tech journalism is the way it is because that’s mostly what consumers want. Nobody is explicitly asking for technology coverage that lacks depth or nuance, of course. But journalism like this is […]
Bloomberg Opinion hires Smith as a columnist
Bloomberg Opinion senior executive editor Timothy O’Brien sent out the following on Wednesday: Victoria Benning and I are pleased to let you know that Erika Smith will be joining Opinion as a politics and policy columnist based in Los Angeles. She’ll start on April 29. Prior to joining Opinion, Erika was a columnist with the […]
FT seeks a Lex column writer in San Francisco
The Lex column has a job opportunity for a writer in San Francisco. This is a chance to join the close-knit, award-winning team that puts out the FT’s flagship investment column. We produce concise, informed opinion pieces on big business, markets, private investment and other financial subjects. The column is central to the FT’s premium […]
Tofel on the purge at the Wall Street Journal
Richard Tofel, a former attorney and associate publisher at The Wall Street Journal, writes about the decline of its culture. Tofel writes, “In the last 14 months, and with the advent of the most recent of the editors, things have changed rapidly, and brutally. The editor-in-chief, managing editor (now the number two role), two deputy […]
The balancing act in business journalism
J. Jennings Moss, the departing editor of the Silicon Valley Business Journal, writes about the difficulty that faces business journalists. Moss writes, “Unlike other some other lines of journalism, business news can be a bit incestuous. We’re writing about companies that might be advertisers. Or our advertisers come to us with legitimate story ideas about […]
Guida becoming Politico’s economics and finance columnist
The following announcement was sent out at Politico on Thursday: Good morning, everyone — We are delighted to announce that Victoria Guida is taking on a new assignment as POLITICO’s economics and finance columnist. She will apply her deep expertise and incisive analytical mind to these subjects as a signature voice for POLITICO’s global audience. […]
