How to cover insider trading
Clark Merrefield of The Journalist’s Resource writes about how business reporters should cover Form 4 filings, which disclose insider trading. Merrefield writes, “The filing in question is called a Form 4, known as an insider trading report. Insiders must file a Form 4 when they buy or sell company shares. “The Securities and Exchange Commission defines […]
How Amazon reporter Rosenblatt finds stories
Robert Azula of the Seattle Times spoke with the paper’s Amazon reporter, Lauren Rosenblatt, about her job. Here is an excerpt: Where do you find your story ideas? A lot of my story ideas stem from the breaking news of the day – like layoffs, new state legislation that impacts how companies post job openings or federal […]
NY Times takes EU to court over Pfizer texts
The New York Times is taking the European Commission to court over its failure to release text messages between its president and the Pfizer CEO, reports Samuel Stolton of Politico. Stolton reports, “The newspaper will face off against EU lawyers in the bloc’s highest court, arguing that the Commission faces a legal obligation to release the messages, […]
Reuters seeks two US companies correspondents in Mexico City
Reuters is looking for two correspondents to be part of a dynamic news desk that produces stories in English on companies and markets from Sydney to San Francisco. Based in Mexico City, the role will involve writing alerts and news on some of the biggest U.S. companies. About the Role The ideal candidate will be: Native or fluent speaker and writer in English. Adept […]
CNBC seeks deputy editor for company and business news
CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news and provides real-time financial market coverage and business information to over 400 million homes worldwide. CNBC at night features a mix of new reality programming, CNBC’s highly successful series produced exclusively for CNBC and a number of distinctive in-house documentaries. CNBC also delivers content across a […]
WSJ’s Mattioli to write Amazon book
Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli has signed a contract with Little, Brown to write a book about Amazon.com Inc., currently called “The Everything War.” Mattioli is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a Gerald Loeb Award winner. She previously spent six years on the mergers and acquisitions beat before moving to the Amazon beat two-plus years ago. […]
WSJ seeks an editor to oversee social media company coverage
The Wall Street Journal is looking for an accomplished and driven journalist to lead our coverage of the social media companies that are reshaping the way people interact and share information. You will guide a group of talented reporters in revealing the business dynamics and societal reverberations of companies including Facebook-parent Meta Platforms, TikTok, and […]
The Information hires Wayt to cover Amazon
Tech news site The Information has hired Theo Wayt to cover Amazon. He will start next week. He has been a reporter at The New York Post covering technology news. Wayt previously was a senior reporter for business and economics and social sciences for The Academic Times, a higher education news startup. He used to cover […]
Reuters parent beats projections, but warns of slowing economy
Thomson Reuters Corp., the parent of the Reuters news service, kept its financial guidance for this year and next after a forecast-beating rise in third-quarter earnings on Tuesday, but warned any worsening of the economic outlook could impact its ability to meet targets, reports Nick Zieminski and Ken Li of Reuters. Zieminski and Li write, “Thomson Reuters, which owns […]
NewsGuild of New York condemns judge’s Starbucks ruling
The NewsGuild of New York sent out the following statement on Tuesday: The NewsGuild of New York unequivocally condemns the decision by U.S. District Court Judge John L. Sinatra Jr that forces Starbucks Workers United to turn over confidential communications between workers and members of the press regarding their organizing efforts. This decision is an […]
