The business press and the fractured economy
Columbia University is hosting a one-day conference next month on issues facing business journalism in the current economy. The conference will be held Tuesday, April 6, at the School of International and Public Affairs. The event will bring together top journalists, scholars, and activists for a day of dynamic public discussion about the role of […]
Developing sources on the Fed beat
Wall Street Journal chief economics correspondent Jon Hilsenrath talks Saturday, March 20, about covering the Federal Reserve Board and the economy. Hilsenrath was speaking at the annual Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference in Phoenix.
Covering the current economy well
Los Angeles Times syndicated personal finance columnist Kathy Kristof, Arizona State University economist Stephen Happel and Ohio University Williams College of Business dean Ali Malekzadeh talk Friday about current economic coverage. The panel was held at the annual Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference, which began Friday at the Walter Cronkite School of […]
Bloomberg wins FOI case against Fed
The Federal Reserve Board must disclose documents identifying financial firms that might have collapsed without the largest U.S. government bailout ever, according to a federal court ruling reported by Bloomberg News. Reporters David Glovin and Bob Van Voris write, “The U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled today that the Fed must release records of […]
No way biz media could have predicted financial meltdown
Eric Starkman, who runs a public relations agency called Starkman & Associates, has an interested perspective on what’s wrong with the media world — it’s the leaders — but he also provides an interesting perspective on how the business media performed during the financial crisis. Starkman writes, “Personally, I don’t buy into this notion that […]
Apcar named NYT economics editor
Len Apcar, the editor of the Asian edition of the International Herald Tribune, is joining the New York Times‘ Washington bureau as its economics editor. In a memo obtained by Politico’s Michael Calderone, executive editor Bill Keller and Washington bureau chief Dean Baquet write: “Len is a terrific enterprise leader who has run big investigations […]
FT's Fed reporter leaving paper
Krishna Guha, who is the U.S. economics editor for the Financial Times, is leaving the paper for a job with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, reports Sudeep Reedy of the Wall Street Journal. Reedy writes, “Guha has been at the FT since 1994. In his latest role as the FT’s U.S. economics editor […]
Call it the Great Recession in stories
The latest version of the Associated Press Stylebook says that the economic downturn that began in December 2007 should be called the “Great Recession,” according to a story by Courtney Schlisserman of Bloomberg News. Schlisserman writes, “The AP Stylebook Online notified subscribers this month it had added the term as a reference for the downturn […]
WSJ econ editor: Biz reporters failed
Wall Street Journal economics editor David Wessel spoke Wednesday to a group of business reporters at the newspaper’s office in midtown Manhattan, and he was critical of their performance in the past few years. David Hechler of Corporate Counsel writes, “At times Wessel sounded more upbeat about the economy than he did about his profession. […]
Reuters pulls tax story
Rachel Slajda of Talking Points Memo notes that the Reuters service has withdrawn a story written by Terri Cullen about a White House tax plan after numerous errors were discovered. Slajda writes, “The story, which claimed the White House’s deficit reduction plan relies on raising taxes against the middle class by allowing tax cuts to […]
