How NY Times econ reporter Casselman digs into unemployment
Alex Traub of The New York Times interviewed business reporter Ben Casselman on how he assesses unemployment data. Here is an excerpt: What can you do to interpret that number? One thing we’ve been trying to do is give historical context. I’m sure people can understand that six million layoffs in a week is bad, […]
SABEW: Government agencies shouldn’t suppress economic data
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing sent out the following statement on Tuesday: The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) issues a warning to federal, state and local authorities not to disrupt the normal flow of economic data to businesses, the public and the media. Despite the extraordinary disruptions posed by […]
Guilford joins WSJ as economics reporter
The Wall Street Journal has hired Gwynn Guilford as an economics reporter. Previously, Guilford was with Quartz. She held the post of senior economics reporter at Quartz. Before joining Quartz, Guilford was a blogger for Andrew Sullivan’s The Dish. She also held the posts of senior consultant and senior research consultant at The Beacon Group […]
Labor Department suspends changes to economic data release
The Labor Department is suspending a plan to change how it releases economic data, in a win for financial-media firms that had lobbied against the changes, reports Alexander Osipovich of The Wall Street Journal. Osipovich reports, “The department had said in January that it would release market-moving data primarily through the internet, thwarting media firms that release […]
Washington Post seeks an economic policy investigations reporter
The Washington Post is seeking an investigative reporter for its economics team who focuses on how corporations and special interest groups influence laws and regulation and the consequences of those actions for the country. The government is playing a huge role in shaping the economy through deregulation, tax cuts, spending increases, trade policies and other interventions […]
CalMatters seeks an economy reporter
If you are a journalist who always knows the latest unemployment rate and can explain what difference Wall Street makes to my life as a Californian, you might be the next economy reporter at CalMatters. This is not a business reporter job, but this reporter knows what motivates business. This job is about helping people […]
Biz media organizations ask U.S. to reconsider lockup changes
Attorneys for five media organizations asked the U.S. Department of Labor to withdraw its plan to restrict journalists’ early access to major economic reports, saying the ban on using computers would benefit high-frequency traders and violate First Amendment press protections, reports Steve Matthews of Bloomberg News. Matthews reports, “The media organizations, also including the Associated […]
Yale study: News stories can determine the state of the economy
It is possible to estimate the state of the economy through news stories, according to a study from Yale University professor Bryan Kelly and his team, reports Simon Rodda of Dow Jones. Rodda writes, “Furthermore, modeling economic activity in terms of news-based topics offers economists a new set of tools for understanding shocks. “Through a […]
Washington Post names Stein its White House economics reporter
Washington Post business editor David Cho, deputy business editor Zachary Goldfarb and economics editor Damian Paletta sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: We are thrilled to announce Jeff Stein will be The Washington Post’s new White House economics reporter. In his new position, Jeff will write about the impact of White House economic policy […]
Dow Jones hires Martinez to cover European economics
Maria Martinez has been hired as a reporter on the Dow Jones Newswires EMEA desk in Barcelona, where she covers European economics. Before starting with Dow Jones in Spain — the country where she was born — she spent three years in New York City. Martinez started her days at 4 a.m. as a producer […]
