The Beacon hires Calacal to cover local economy
Celisa Calacal has been hired as a reporter at The Beacon covering economics and civic engagement in Kansas City and across Kansas and Missouri. She is particularly interested in issues related to housing, labor/workers’ rights, the economic impacts of COVID-19, and government accountability. The Beacon is a nonprofit, online news organization focusing on in-depth journalism. […]
Four Star-Tribune biz reporters have new beats
Four Minneapolis Star-Tribune business reporters are now covering new beats. Nicole Norfleet is now covering retail, including Target, Best Buy, the Mall of America and other malls. She has been with the Star Tribune since July 2010 and also spent time on the metro desk. She is a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate. Kavita Kumar is now covering […]
Bloomberg Industry Group seeks reporter to cover tax, budget and economics news
Bloomberg Industry Group is seeking a top-notch reporter for a key beat covering tax, budget and economic news primarily in New York City and New Jersey. This resourceful, skilled reporter should be adept at breaking news, tracking legal and regulatory developments and delving into enterprise. The beat includes high-profile topics from a heated debate over […]
NY Times’ Smialek signs book deal about the Fed
New York Times reporter Jeanna Smialek, who covers the Federal Reserve Board and the economy, has signed a deal to write a book about the Fed. The book will be published in 2022 and is tentatively titled “Invisible Empires.” The publisher is Knopf. The book will be an account of how the Fed is transforming itself […]
Brittan, former FT economics editor, dies at 86
Samuel Brittan, the former economics editor at the Financial Times, has died at the age of 86. Alan Budd and Andrew Hill of the FT write, “Brittan, who has died at the age of 86, wrote columns in the Financial Times that were essential reading for anyone who wanted to understand economic policy for nearly 50 years. Written […]
USA Today seeks a reporter to cover economic opportunity
USA Today is seeking a reporter for its Money & Consumer tech team to cover economic opportunity. This reporter will cover wealth gaps, workforce and workplace issues as they relate to race and identity, corporate diversity, entrepreneurship and obstacles to, and opportunities for wealth enhancement. The successful candidate will cover issues including pay disparities, housing […]
Sacramento Bee hires Park to cover economic inequity
The Sacramento Bee has hired reporter Jeong Park, who will focus on wages, unions and inequality with an eye toward how state policies affect working people. A story on its website states, “Park joins The Bee after two years at the Orange County Register, where he reported on various cities in Orange County, as well […]
SABEW calls on lawmakers to fund data collection
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing sent out the following statement on Thursday: As the nation pores over news about workers and the workplace this Labor Day, many stories are based on data from federal and state governments. Data is critical to telling not just the stories of workers but of many aspects of […]
A biz journalist’s show is about fixing capitalism
MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi spoke with Philadelphia Magazine’s Tom McGrath about his job during the pandemic. Here is an excerpt: You started a new weekend program earlier in the year. How are you thinking about the show? Well, it’s changed probably 50 times since we first conceived of this toward the end of 2019. We launched, coincidentally, right in […]
Bloomberg seeks economics reporter in London
With more than 100 economics reporters and 25 economists worldwide, Bloomberg Economics has an unrivaled capacity to explain where the global economy is and where it is heading. We are now looking for an experienced, energetic reporter to cover the U.K. economy and economic policy making amid the deepest recession in 300 years and as […]
