Why business journalism is in trouble
Kyle Austin, a PR person, has an interesting take on David Carr‘s column in Monday’s New York Times about the demise of business journalism and why some business stories just don’t connect with readers. Austin writes, “It’s a valid argument. Heck, TIME is trying to leverage the resentment as a way to make money on […]
Gasparino: The business press did not blow it
CNBC‘s Charles Gasparino, in an interview with Lawrence Delevingne of The Business Insider, argues that the business news media is not to blame for not seeing the clues to the economic upheaval of the past two years. Gasparino states, “No, and that’s the whole thing. Listen, I’ve been an investigative reporter my whole life. Generally, […]
The story behind the story
Brooke Lovelace, the new publisher of Business Tennessee magazine, writes about her vision of what a business publication should be. Lovelace writes, “My goals for this publication have been shaped by the many conversations and requests I’ve heard while traveling across this state over the last few months: ‘We want BusinessTN to provide in-depth articles […]
Too many illustrations, too few photos in WSJ
Hal Morris, writing on his Grumpy Editor blog, complains about the increasing number of illustrations he’s seeing in The Wall Street Journal. Morris writes, “A good example of artwork penetration was seen in yesterday’s 10-page The Journal Report section of The Wall Street Journal where seven hand-drawn illustrations were used. “The only true photo in […]
Hedge fund operator equates biz journalism with "gossip tabloid"
Spencer Ante of BusinessWeek has an interesting story where hedge fund manager John Paulson calling his biography, written by respected Wall Street Journal writer Gregory Zuckerman, nothing more than a “gossip tabloid.” Ante writes, “Although the book is based on extensive interviews with Paulson, Paulson is releasing a statement that disses the book, calling it […]
Taking issue with David Carr's burial of business journalism
Robert Teitelman, the editor of The Deal, writes Monday that New York Times columnist David Carr is too simplistic in his commentary that suggests we’ve hit the end of traditional business journalism. Teitelman writes, “What has not occurred here is that a vast audience of consumers for business news has not evaporated, or as Carr […]
The difference between Fortune and The Economist
Yvette Kantrow of The Deal writes about the changes taking place at Fortune magazine and how The Economist remains successful. Kantrow writes, “That seems to be such a fundamentally different view of the world than the one espoused by Fortune as it heads off into its latest redesign. Faced with falling revenue and Internet competition, […]
The deflation of business journalism
David Carr of The New York Times writes about how the field of business journalism has collapsed. Carr writes, “There are several technical reasons underlying the collapse — and that’s what it is — of business journalism. Business wisdom that is imprisoned in printed pages, already locked in the past, increasingly seems like a curio. […]
The importance of biz journalism during a time of crisis
New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera, who wrote his last column for the paper Saturday until next year because of a book leave, blogs about the importance of business journalism during crisis situations. Nocera writes, “As for my column this week, it’s a bit of a grab bag, a brief look at four different […]
The language of business journalism
Elinore Longobardi of Columbia Journalism Review writes in the latest issue about how “subprime” lending became more common than “predatory” lending in the business press and what it means for future coverage. Longobardi writes, “Instead of the right word, the press deployed another word — ‘subprime’ — for reasons that are to some extent understandable, […]
