"Nightly Business Report" introduces cartoon segment
“Nightly Business Report,” the daily business news television show on PBS stations, introduced a new segment on Friday‘s show called “Inkonomics with David Gillette,” which is a cartoon-strip explanation of a business or economics issues. Talking Biz News was at NBR’s Miami-based offices on Friday and got a sneak peek at the segment. Gillette is […]
Newsweek's economics editor going to Yahoo Finance
Dan Gross, Newsweek’s economics editor, is leaving the general interest weekly to take a job with Yahoo Finance, reports Joe Pompeo of The Business Insider. Pompeo writes, “Gross, a former New York Times columnist who also writes Slate’s twice-weekly ‘Moneybox’ column, has been with Newsweek since 2007. He is the latest departure in what media […]
Media being positive about the economy
The balance of positive to negative news stories about the U.S. economy in the U.S. press in August was the highest it has been since the recession started in December 2007, according to the latest monthly survey of media sentiment, the Dow Jones Economic Sentiment Indicator. Alen Mattich of The Wall Street Journal writes, “Indeed, […]
The job of economics writers??
Ryan Avent, who writes the “Free Exchange” blog for The Economist, has a commentary Monday where he ends with a statement about the role of economics writers. Avent writes, “There is a growing sense of despair among some economic writers that policymakers will not do much more to bolster the flagging global recovery. And critics […]
Explaining why Treasury briefings are off the record
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon writes Friday about the off-the-record sessions that the Treasury holds with business journalists. Salmon writes, “Putting the whole conversation on background makes it almost impossible to turn the briefing itself into a news event, and that in turn allows officials to speak without worry that their words will end up being […]
New to the economics beat
Columbia Journalism Review assistant editor Joel Meares interviewed New York Times reporter Michael Powell, who switched over to covering the economics beat earlier this year. Here is an excerpt: How did you transition from Obama to economics? Since the campaign, much of my writing has been caught up in the foreclosure epidemic, which had hit […]
FT’s Luce wins award for covering middle class struggle
Financial Times writer Edward Luce has won the July Sidney Award from the Hillman Foundation for his story, “The Crisis of Middle Class America.” Luce is the Financial Times’ Washington bureau chief. At the center of Luce’s story is a portrait of a typical Minneapolis family, Mark and Connie Freeman, and their son Andy, who, […]
Economy accounts for 12% of newshole
Coverage of the economy took up more than 12 percent of the newshole last week, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. Its weekly study of coverage found that the coverage of the BP oil spill accounted for 11 percent of coverage. The study states, “The economy led in newspapers (13% […]
Biting the hand that feeds you — and hoping it doesn't bite back
Holly Yeager, the Peterson fellow at the Columbia Journalism Review who critiques economics coverage, wonders whether the discussion about economics coverage has increased because of Pete Peterson’s efforts, and whether she should be critical. Yeager writes, “What I can say is that I hope you’ll keep reading as I try to take on these thorny […]
Wharton to hold one-day seminar for biz journalists in Spain
The Wharton School of business at the University of Pennsylvania will hold a one-day workshop in Madrid for business journalists to learn more about the causes and effects of the economic crisis. The event will be held June 23 in the Melia/Castillia Hotel. The workshop is free, but applications are required. A maximum of 35 […]
