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 […]
SABEW questions change in economic data release
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing issued the following statement on Thursday: The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, which represents 3,000 business and financial journalists in North America, is deeply concerned by the lack of a clear explanation behind an apparent decision by DOL to ban all electronic devices in the […]
US changes how economic data is released
The Labor Department said technology upgrades will allow it to exclusively release high-profile economic data directly to the public, ending the news media’s practice of transmitting economic stories the moment data is released, reports Eric Morath of The Wall Street Journal. Morath reports, “Starting in March, the department said it would only distribute the data […]
AFP econ journalist Gillison set to depart
After three and a half years, Douglas Gillison is leaving the economics desk at the Washington bureau of Agence France-Presse to become a senior investigator at The Sentry, an investigative and policy organization that tracks dirty money tied to atrocities and corruption in Africa. Prior to AFP, Gillison covered human rights, white-collar crime and law […]
Trump administration wants to limit media access to economic data
The Trump administration plans to restrict the news media’s ability to prepare advance stories on market-moving economic data, reports Katia Dmitrieva and Craig Torres of Bloomberg News. Dmitrieva and Torres report, “Currently, the Labor Department in Washington hosts ‘lockups’ for major reports lasting 30 to 60 minutes, where journalists receive the data in a secure […]
