Using “soar” vs. “rose” as verbs in business news stories
Robert MacMillan, an editor at Reuters, has an interesting blog post on Monday about the increasing use of “soar” as a verb in business news copy when a simple but effective “rose” would do. MacMillan writes, “In the past few years, I’ve read increasing use of the words ‘surge’ and ‘soar.’ Often, they characterize stock […]
Using "soar" vs. "rose" as verbs in business news stories
Robert MacMillan, an editor at Reuters, has an interesting blog post on Monday about the increasing use of “soar” as a verb in business news copy when a simple but effective “rose” would do. MacMillan writes, “In the past few years, I’ve read increasing use of the words ‘surge’ and ‘soar.’ Often, they characterize stock […]
Periodismo económico in Spain: Better or worse than the United States?
After spending a week in Spain teaching, reading and watching business journalism (periodismo económico), here are some thoughts: 1. Business journalism watchers in Spain believe that some of the country’s largest and most well-known companies get a pass from the Spanish business media for fear of antagonizing them. For example, it is the belief of […]
New York biz reporter joins Florida paper as opinion writer
Jim Stinson, a business reporter at the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in New York, has joined the Daytona Beach News-Journal as an editorial writer. Opinion page editor Mac Thrower writes, “Jim was a business reporter for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, where he covered various beats, including utilities, energy and commercial real estate. Before he […]
A business news story not found in the NYT
Arthur Brisbane, the public editor of the New York Times, writes Sunday about how other media have been covering the paper’s decision to begin charging for online access to content, but the story has gone uncovered in the Times. Brisbane writes, “Of The Times’s own pay model for its Web site, though, all that has […]
Bloomberg View’s aggression spurs NYT into action
Jeff Bercovici of Forbes writes Wednesday about how Bloomberg L.P.‘s launching of a new opinion service has spooked the New York Times. Bercovici writes, “You already know that Bloomberg hired David Shipley, the paper’s deputy editorial page editor, to head up its launch of a new opinion service, Bloomberg View. That was enough of a […]
Bloomberg View's aggression spurs NYT into action
Jeff Bercovici of Forbes writes Wednesday about how Bloomberg L.P.‘s launching of a new opinion service has spooked the New York Times. Bercovici writes, “You already know that Bloomberg hired David Shipley, the paper’s deputy editorial page editor, to head up its launch of a new opinion service, Bloomberg View. That was enough of a […]
Financial journalists needs to improve their economic literacy
Anya Schiffrin of Columbia University argues for improved understanding of the economy among financial journalists in a commentary piece for The Guardian in London. Schiffrin writes, “A study I did at Columbia University last year with Ryan Fagan (‘Are We All Keynesians Now? Press Coverage of the US Stimulus Package’, forthcoming) looked at press coverage […]
NYT biz columnist Nocera to join op-ed page
Joe Nocera, well-known business columnist for The New York Times, will become a columnist for the paper’s opinion pages. Beginning in April, Mr. Nocera’s column covering business and financial policy matters will appear twice weekly in print and online. For the past six years, Nocera has written the Saturday Talking Business column covering the world […]
Building Bloomberg View
Michael Barbaro of the New York Times writes about the launching of Bloomberg View, the opinion service being launched by Bloomberg L.P. Barbaro writes, “According to people involved in the process, the company contacted several high-profile journalists about leading the organization: Chrystia Freeland, a former managing editor of Financial Times, now at Thomson Reuters; Rik […]
