How to kick butt in business journalism
Business Insider executive editor Joe Weisenthal and deputy editor Nicholas Carlson recently gave college students advice on how to be a great business journalist, reports Dan Reimold of PBS MediaShift. Here is some of their advice: 8. Test Story Ideas on Twitter During his portion of the talk, Weisenthal confirmed what his 40,000 Twitter followers […]
Biz journalism prof files suit against Columbia
Sylvia Nasar, a business journalism professor at Columbia University, has filed a lawsuit against the university for misdirecting funds in her professorship, reports Christine Haughney of the New York Times. Haughney writes, “The suit, filed in State Supreme Court in New York, also claims that Nicholas Lemann, the dean of the journalism school, ‘intimidated and […]
Bloomberg strikes deal with Hampton J school
Hampton University’s Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications announced a partnership Wednesday with Bloomberg L.P. to prepare students for careers in business journalism and communications. The partnership, which is launching this spring with a new Scripps Howard School course in business journalism, includes a grant towards the establishment of a financial newsroom, complete with […]
SABEW to hold teletraining on covering sequestration
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a telephone conference call next week for business journalists interested in covering angles of the sequestration. The call will be held on Monday, March 18 at 2 p.m. EST. The moderator will be Bernie Kohn, a former SABEW president who now is an editor at […]
What business journalists can get out of an MBA
Louise Story of The New York Times writes for a Columbia University website, Covering Business, about how an MBA can help a business journalist. Story writes, “Accounting, Statistics, Excel – if those sound like dirty words to you, you might consider forcing yourself to learn them. The basic concepts of accounting – flows versus stocks, […]
Scholarships available to attend SABEW conference
More than $10,000 in scholarship and travel aid is available for journalists hoping to attend SABEW’s 50th annual spring conference April 4-6 in Washington, D.C. The scholarships will be funded by the Goldschmidt Family Foundation, the SABEW Chair at the University of Missouri and SABEW’s Benita Newton Fund for minority journalists. Warren Watson, SABEW executive […]
Shepard, former BusinessWeek editor, to step down as CUNY dean
Steve Shepard, who was editor of BusinessWeek magazine for 20 years and then became the founding dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, announced Monday that he is stepping down at the end of the year. Shepard will remain on the faculty. A story on the CUNY website states, “A search committee will be […]
Business journalism ethics, or the lack thereof, in Hong Kong
Business journalists in Hong Kong understand potential conflicts of interest, yet some still trade in stocks of companies that they cover, according to new research from the London School of Economics. “The most striking finding is that almost half of the 12 journalists interviewed, five respondents, openly said that they or close relatives actively traded […]
Wharton offering one-day program for biz reporters
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists is offering a one-day program for business journalists in New York on March 6. To apply, go here. Through intensive lectures and hands-on exercises, the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, led by the Wharton School’s most prominent professors, help reporters gain better understanding of key business and economic issues. […]
Business journalism event in New York on Tuesday
An event examining global economic coverage by the business press will be held in New York on Tuesday morning. The event, called “Are we Being Served?” will be held at the New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, and begin at 8:30 a.m. It will explore how the global financial press interprets these crucial developments around […]
