NYT's Leonhardt explains Pulitzer-winning column writing
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Last week, David Leonhardt reached the pinnacle of journalism. He won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his weekly columns about the economy in the New York Times business section. Leonhardt had been a finalist the year before. Leonhardt writes “Economic Scene,” a weekly economics column, for The Times business section, […]
Editorial to new Reuters management: Focus on morale
An editorial on The Baron, a website devoted to covering Reuters, requests that the new management team announced earlier this week by new editor in chief Stephen Adler focus on improving the morale of the staff. The editorial states, “Reuters people past and present will wish them well as they set about improving editorial performance […]
Why the WSJ and Bloomberg didn’t win Pulitzers for covering the crisis
Dean Starkman of the Columbia Journalism Review examines the reasons why The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News didn’t win Pulitzer Prizes for their work in covering the Wall Street crisis of the past three years. Starkman writes, “But if I had to read the tea leaves on this one, I look to the National […]
Why the WSJ and Bloomberg didn't win Pulitzers for covering the crisis
Dean Starkman of the Columbia Journalism Review examines the reasons why The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News didn’t win Pulitzer Prizes for their work in covering the Wall Street crisis of the past three years. Starkman writes, “But if I had to read the tea leaves on this one, I look to the National […]
Coverage lacking in departure of Bank of America CFO
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs doesn’t like how some business news media failed to explain the sudden departure of Bank of America’s chief financial officer when the bank reported its earnings on Friday.
Bringing business to the editorial page
Joe Nocera, who is going to write a twice-a-week column for the New York Times op-ed page after writing a weekly column for the business section, was interviewed by Ted Nesi of WPRI about his career and the switch. Here is an excerpt: So are you excited to become a Times op-ed columnist? They say […]
Mark Pittman would have loved today
Heather Landy of American Banker writes Thursday about Mark Pittman, the Bloomberg News reporter who had the idea of asking the Federal Reserve Board to release the documents that showed which banks had borrowed money during the financial crisis. Pittman died prematurely in November 2009 after initial requesting the documents in May 2008. Bloomberg continued […]
Business journalists on Time magazine’s top 140 Twitter feeds
Time magazine has released its 140 top Twitter feeds, and four business journalists are on the list. CNNMoney stock columnist Paul LaMonica is one of them. Stephen Gandel writes, “He tweets 20 times a day or more, offering quick, worthy analysis on the market and the stocks that are rising or dropping the most. Just […]
Business journalists on Time magazine's top 140 Twitter feeds
Time magazine has released its 140 top Twitter feeds, and four business journalists are on the list. CNNMoney stock columnist Paul LaMonica is one of them. Stephen Gandel writes, “He tweets 20 times a day or more, offering quick, worthy analysis on the market and the stocks that are rising or dropping the most. Just […]
Detroit News auto critic returns to the paper
Scott Burgess, the auto critic for the Detroit News who quit earlier this month after a critical review of a Chrysler car was changed online when an advertiser complained, is returning to the paper. Ray Wert of Jalopnik has his return e-mail, which reads, “I return to the paper on Monday. I have never experienced […]
