Why stock market stories aren’t important to most Americans
Quinnipiac University School of Communications dean Chris Roush writes on MarketWatch.com about the overimportance of stock market stories in business media. Roush writes, “Stock market coverage is the classic story that shows the current problem with business journalism. It’s content for only those with the financial means to invest and to spend on business news content. “Slightly […]
FT columnist Dizard departs after 21 years
Financial Times columnist John Dizard has left the news organization after 21 years. He wrote a weekly column for the Financial Times called Street Talk which covers global macro investing, the political economy of currencies, energy, commodities, emerging market debt, the international and domestic credit markets, the automation of securities exchanges, and Iraqi economics and finance. Dizard […]
FT’s Burn-Murdoch to write weekly column
John Burn-Murdoch, a data journalist at the Financial Times, has started writing a weekly data-driven column. Burn-Murdoch has been with the FT for over eight years. Previously, he was a data journalist at Which? in London, where he worked with the public services, investigations and statistics teams. He also held the same post at The […]
MarketWatch.com seeks a financial columnist
MarketWatch.com is seeking a financial writer/columnist who is able to discern the signal from the noise, and weigh in on developments in the market, producing scoops of thought and concept that help our growing audience navigate the pitfalls of investing and trading and guide them toward better-informed decisions. You will be an experienced journalist or […]
Confessions of a markets reporter
Kate Duguid, a markets reporter for the Financial Times in New York, writes about the problems covering markets for Lux magazine. Duguid writes, “I was working at the time for a wire service, where reporters covered breaking news stories by publishing short all-caps alerts, or ‘snaps,’ with the incoming information before developing them into a […]
Bloomberg Opinion seeks a tech columnist
Bloomberg Opinion is looking for an experienced and energetic journalist with a strong understanding of the technology industry in all its forms. The ideal candidate would write about the biggest issues and companies in tech, with an emphasis on U.S. policy and corporate strategy and performance. The columnist would ideally be familiar with the industry’s […]
What makes Reuters Breakingviews successful
Rob Cox, the outgoing editor of Reuters Breakingviews, writes about its success. Cox writes, “But the main reason Breakingviews is still a respected brand among the global financial community are its value propositions, which our founding Chairman Hugo Dixon championed, and which remain unchanged. From the start, our mission has been to produce agenda-setting financial […]
It’s time to retire stock market metaphors from coverage
Jeremy Olshan, who is leaving MarketWatch.com where he was editor in chief to become personal finance editor at The Wall Street Journal, writes about how stock market metaphors hurt investors. Olshan writes, “The language and imagery we use to talk about markets matters. In one of my first columns after becoming editor of this site […]
Bloomberg EIC Micklethwait: Court ruling is dangerous
Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait writes about the British Supreme Court decision that allows a company executive under investigation to keep his name out of print. Micklethwait writes, “Today the Supreme Court found in ZXC’s favor, and that his brush with the law should be kept quiet. “The significance of this judgment for freedom of […]
An analysis of what’s wrong with Forbes.com
Joshua Benton of Nieman Journalism Lab writes about the problems with Forbes.com. Benton writes, “Forbes’ staff of journalists could produce great work, sure. But there were only so many of them, and they cost a lot of money. Why not open the doors to Forbes.com to a swarm of outside ‘contributors’ — barely vetted, unedited, expected […]
