Business across all news beats
I’ve been struck this week that, despite the efforts of many to understand the relevance of money and numbers, the importance of the business angle is still ignored at other desks in newspapers. This...
Tagged: Coverage
Covering the loss of a city's major HQ
One of the things that I like to look at to gauge a newspaper’s strength in reporting about business is how it covers the story of when a major employer in the city is...
WSJ to shrink in size
Dow Jones says it’s going to shrink the flagship newspaper of the chain in size to a traditional newspaper size. Read about it here. My interpretation of this move is that it sounds like...
Fortune's 75th anniversary
The Washington Post’s Peter Carlson has a nice review of Fortune magazine’s 75th anniversary in this morning’s paper. You can read about it here. Peter looks at the good and the bad from the...
Times-Picayune's Charlie Crumpley
I had heard through a mutual friend that News Orleans Times-Picayune business editor Charles Crumpley was OK in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but had not heard from him directly until today. Charlie is...
Labor reporting
I had a call today from a freelance writer working on a piece on labor reporting for Journalism Education Today. She wanted to know what journalism schools were doing to prepare students to write...
Reuters journalists reject new contract
Things don’t look good for the talks between Reuters and its business journalists. The latest contract offer was rejected by an overwhelming — almost unanimous — margin. See the story here.
Newsweek's Allan Sloan talks business
If you don’t know who Allan Sloan is, then you’re not serious about business journalism. As the Wall Street editor for Newsweek, Sloan is one of the most readable and entertaining journalists when it...
Just got back from South Carolina
And here is a report about my workshop at the South Carolina Press Association: Those in attendance did not know: 1. What a Uniform Commercial Code filing was and how it can be used;...
Baltimore Sun update
Remember when I posted last week about the Baltimore Sun architecture critic who was investing in homes in neighborhoods he was writing about? The Sun is apparently making him divest of those properties before...
