WSJ staffers ask for clarification between editorial and opinion

Journalists at The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones & Co. staffers sent a letter on Tuesday to publisher Alma Latour calling for a clearer differentiation between news and opinion content online, reports Jeffrey Trachtenberg of The Journal. Trachtenberg writes, “The letter, signed by more than 280 reporters, editors and other employees says, ‘Opinion’s lack of […]

Quartz editor Bell argues for more progressive form of business journalism

Quartz editor in chief Katherine Bell has written a column arguing for a more progressive form of business journalism. Bell writes, “If we want a better, more inclusive economy, we need a new, more demanding form of business and economic journalism, one that questions the assumptions our organizations, industries, and economies are built on; investigates not only […]

Ferguson joins Bloomberg Opinion as a columnist

Bloomberg Opinion announced Thursday that Niall Ferguson is joining the commentary site as a columnist. He starts on June 1. Ferguson is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, and a visiting professor at Tsinghua […]

Tampa Bay Times biz columnist to become editorials editor

Tampa Bay Times business columnist Graham Brink has been named the paper’s editor of editorials. Amy Hollyfield of the Times writes, “Brink, 49, will take over the Times’ opinion journalism on June 1, becoming only the fourth person in 56 years to serve in the role. He has spent the past two years as the […]

Biz journalist Gilman starts Newsweek column “On the Street”

Longtime business journalist Hank Gilman, who is currently editorial director of Newsweek, has started writing a business column for the publication. The column is called “On the Street,” and it runs on Mondays. “Basically, its a business/economics column with my takes on three or four topics a week,” said Gilman in an email. “It’s in […]

Lack of labor reporting hurts the economy and society

Two university professors write in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix that a lack of reporting about labor issues hurts society. Andrew Stevens and Charles Smith write, “There was a time when even local papers and television stations had sufficient resources to invest in robust newsrooms and beat reporting. Today, the Toronto Star’s Sara Mojtehedzadeh is one […]

Bloomberg Opinion seeks a tech columnist

Are you a writer with deep subject authority on the business of tech, who would be able to tell sophisticated readers how they should think about the biggest themes, trends and players in this important area? Then Bloomberg Opinion might be the place for you. We are seeking a senior writer to explain key developments […]

Barron’s Group hires Peterson as ideas editor

Matt Peterson has just been appointed ideas editor for Barron’s Group. In this role, Peterson will seek to expand and enhance Barron’s Group’s commentary and ideas content across all the unit’s titles — Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global and Penta — featuring the perspectives of key players and recognized experts on a wide variety of topics […]

Bloomberg columnists will join owner’s presidential campaign

David Shipley, Tim O’Brien and other members of the Bloomberg Opinion board responsible for editorials will take a leave of absence to join Michael Bloomberg’s campaign, reports Lauren Hirsch and Brian Schwartz of CNBC. Hirsch and Schwartz report, “O’Brien has a history with Trump himself. He published a book titled ‘TrumpNation’ in the early 2000′s, […]

WSJ seeks Work & Life columnist

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a new columnist to write its popular Work & Family column following the retirement of Sue Shellenbarger in January. The new weekly column, tentatively called Work & Life, will expand the scope of the current one to include the broader intersection of personal life and the workplace. Starting […]