An economics blog that tracks coverage
Trevor Davis of the Oregon Daily Emerald writes Thursday about University of Oregon economics professor Mark Thoma and his blog The Economist’s View, which aims to educate financial journalists on the economy. Davis writes, “Although Thoma doesn’t do any original reporting, he says he serves as a filter to point people to credible sources. Thoma […]
Pulitzer winners include business journalism
Steve Pearlstein, the economics columnist for the Washington Post, and a series on conterfeit toxic drugs from the New York Times business desk were among the Pulitzer Prize winners announced Monday. The Times series was in the investigative reporting category, and honored Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker for “their stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and […]
Economics news depresses readers
Ted Vaden, the public editor of The (Raleigh) News & Observer, writes Sunday about the recent complaints the paper has gotten about covering too much bad economics news. Vaden writes, “I won’t argue with the proposition that the media tend to focus on the negative. That could be a whole column. But there’s an overwhelming […]
Explaining economic indicators to business readers
The Newark Star-Ledger newspaper began a month-long look this week at the economic indicators that are expected to move the markets each day. The series will work out to about 17 installments, ending May 1 with the personal income report. It will appear on the bottom of the section front each day, unless there’s nothing […]
Bear Stearns, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow notes Monday that New York Times business reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin‘s scoop last week about J.P. Morgan upping its offer to purchase Bear Stearns signifies that it knew it had the story to itself. Kantrow wrote, “Unlike many scoops these days, it was strictly a print affair; it did not […]
Biz media could have done a better job on economy
William Powers of the National Journal notes that there’s a lot of finger pointing in the media these days about who’s to blame for the current economy, but the business media isn’t pointing fingers at itself. Powers writes, “Journalists focused on the surface aspects of the bubble — rising home prices, growing consumer debt — […]
Don't trust industry data with real estate
Marek Fuchs of TheStreet.com wants to know why business journalists write stories about the real estate market using data from industry organizations. Fuchs wrote, “Data from trade associations, no matter how convenient and digestible they make their statistics to the business media, must always be considered with a special degree of caution. “But The National […]
Biz editors defend mortgage crisis coverage
Joe Strupp of Editor & Publisher writes Tuesday that business editors at newspapers across the country believe they have done a good job at covering the mortgage crisis and warning readers before it hit. Strupp wrote, “Chuck Hawkins, deputy business editor for the Associated Press — which provided such coverage for hundreds of newspapers — […]
Oregon real estate reporter fired in dispute about coverage
Ethan Lindsey of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that David Fisher, the real estate reporter for the Bend Bulletin in Oregon, was fired from his job in a dispute with his editors about how negative the coverage should be about the current market. Fisher claims that a story he wrote was edited to exclude any negatives about […]
The financial press during times of economic crisis
Patrick Smith of The Press Gazette in London writes Wednesday about the value of financial journalism during times of economic uncertainty. Smith wrote, “Chris Giles is the paper’s economics editor. In an office overlooking the River Thames in the paper’s London headquarters, he says the most important task for the FT is to simply tell […]
