Professor: British biz media more aggressive in crisis than American
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The British business media took a more proactive approach in reporting on the economic crisis of the past two years than their American counterparts, said a London financial journalism professor and former BBC business journalist on Thursday. “The British media, by talking a more slightly leading role, helped shape the response” […]
Does the business media continue to suck up to Wall Street?
Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist Steve Pearlstein of the Washington Post has his own take on the relationship between the business media and the financial world, which he espoused in his Wednesday column. Pearlstein writes, “I attended a conference at Columbia University earlier this week that wound up focusing on how the mainstream business press contributed […]
A crystal ball in financial reporting?
Jason Linkins of The Huffington Post was one of the journalists in attendance at the “Facing the Fracture” conference at Columbia University that discussed the media’s coverage of the economic meltdown of the past two years, and he reached his own conclusions about what happened. Linkins writes, “Chrystia Freeland is probably right: it’s too much […]
TheStreet.com responds strongly to libel lawsuit from Generex
Felix Salmon of Reuters likes how TheStreet.com and senior columnist Adam Feuerstein responded to being hit with a $250 million libel lawsuit by Canadian company Generex. Salmon writes, “The story begins on March 19, when Feuerstein wrote a ‘Biotech Stock Mailbag’ column in which he explains why Generex ‘is a total bust.’ Generex wasn’t happy about that, […]
The contradictory iPad coverage
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs comments Tuesday on coverage of Apple’s new iPad, which hasn’t been consistent.
Two problems with business media: Too late and too soft
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Business journalism has two current problems — it’s often late on stories and it writes too many soft features — a media critic argued Tuesday. “The coverage has definitely improved, but I still see shortcomings,” said Michael Massing, a contributing editor to Columbia Journalism Review, speaking on a panel Tuesday at […]
Utah papers fail in covering Overstock.com
Former BusinessWeek investigative reporter Gary Weiss writes that the daily newspapers in Utah have fallen down on the job when it comes to covering online retailer Overstock.com. Weiss writes, “Now, we can’t expect reporters to be accountants. But we do expect reporters to call accountants when confronted with companies that have a history of making […]
FoxBusiness.com poll not fair and balanced
Zac Bissonnette of DailyFinance.com writes that a recent reader poll on FoxBusiness.com about health care reform didn’t give any options for those who wanted to vote that they liked the changes. Bissonnette writes, “With no available choice reflecting that position, an apparently commanding 73% of poll-takers elected to criticize the bill. ‘Not a scientific poll’ […]
How the Web has changed business news
Media analyst Ken Doctor has published an excerpt from his new book, Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get, on PaidContent.org about the current evolution taking place in business journalism. Here is an excerpt: “We also see lots of niches within the business niche—as we do in all niches. Business-to-business, tech, […]
Business journalism will survive
University of Nebraska journalism professor Joe Weber, a former chief of correspondents at BusinessWeek, writes that business journalism, despite its current struggles, will survive but may take on new forms to do so. Weber writes, “For fans of long-form business journalism, the question is whether the format can survive only if it has a Big […]
