Research about business journalism
I’ve been arguing for several years that the best research about business journalism is being done by U.S. business school professors and communications academics in Europe, not at U.S. journalism and mass communication schools. For the business school professors, their research focuses on the effects of business news coverage on the markets. For example, in […]
The snark and lack of quality in financial reporting
The Deal’s Yvette Kantrow writes wistfully about an earlier day in financial journalism when there was more substance and less snark. Kantrow writes, “I point this out because, as a voracious consumer of this stuff — both primary source material as well as secondary links and reactions to it — I can’t help but think […]
The problem with financial journalism
David Serchuk, a writer and journalist in Brooklyn who used to work for Forbes, writes for The Huffington Post about what he sees as the problem today in financial journalism. Serchuk writes, “Here is my background. I worked in financial newsletters for two and a half years, was a reporter at a famed financial news […]
Dissing the SEC's attempt to circumvent the Freedom of Information Act
The Chicago Tribune has published an editorial about the recent discovery of a loophole in the new financial securities regulation law that allows the Securities and Exchange Commission to avoid disclosing certain information under Freedom of Information Act requests. The move concerns many business journalists, who feel it will inhibit their ability to cover the […]
Biting the hand that feeds you — and hoping it doesn't bite back
Holly Yeager, the Peterson fellow at the Columbia Journalism Review who critiques economics coverage, wonders whether the discussion about economics coverage has increased because of Pete Peterson’s efforts, and whether she should be critical. Yeager writes, “What I can say is that I hope you’ll keep reading as I try to take on these thorny […]
Google Android coverage misses the mark
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs would like more from his coverage of the Google phone Android, like whether it’s profitable.
Business and the media in China
Li Yuan of The Wall Street Journal writes about how the relationship between companies and the media in China is different thanm the United States. Yuan writes, “While some Chinese companies have come to grasp the responsibilities of a listed company and the value of professional PR, and as the Internet makes it harder to […]
A business journalist on PR
Longtime business journalist James Flanigan reflects on good and bad relationships he’s had with PR people. Flanigan writes, “I’ll begin with a public relations man who did his job well and helped me at the same time. I broke in as a business reporter with the New York Herald Tribune, assigned to cover the oil, […]
Pennsylvania biz reporter says goodbye
Nick Malawskey, a business reporter at the Centre Daily Times in Pennsylvania, has a nice goodbye column to his readers in Sunday’s paper. Malawskey writes, “In the end, I think I’ll just say thanks. “Thanks for reading; thanks for the phone calls, the e-mails; thanks for the friendships, the acquaintances; thanks for letting me into […]
Apple's coverage post earnings — the antenna gate is dead
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs comments about how business journalists have changed their tack in covering Apple after it reporting earnings.
