BusinessWeek chief of correspondents leaves for teaching job
Joe Weber, the chief of correspondents at BusinessWeek magazine, has left the weekly to become a journalism professor at the University of Nebraska. The chief of correspondents overseas all of the bureaus at the magazine. A replacement has not been named. Weber is the Jerry and Karla Huse Professor of News-Editorial and associate professor of […]
SABEW to hold conference call on unemployment stories
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a teleconference next week for business reporters looking for fresh angles on the unemployment story. The call will examine the latest regional, state and local unemployment trends, what industries are losing jobs and which ones are hiring, and what double-digit unemployment means for local businesses […]
Knight Center offers business journalism seminar
The Knight Center for Specialized Journalism invites applications for a seminar: “After the Crisis: The New Shape of the Economy” from Sept. 13 to 18, 2009 This seminar will focus on covering the economy and multimedia reporting techniques. Participants will hear from experts on: the shape of future economic growth; changes in financial regulation; government […]
SABEW to hold conference call Thursday on health care stories
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a conference call Thursday for business reporters to discuss potential health care stories. The call will be at 3 p.m. EST. The primary topic will be how potential health care reform currently being debated in Congress might affect businesses. Also discussed will be the cost […]
TheStreet.com editor Morrow named to Reynolds chair
TheStreet.com editor in chief David Morrow has been named the first Donald W. Reynolds Endowed Chair in Business Journalism at the University of Nevada-Reno. Morrow has been at TheStreet.com since 2001, supervising a staff of 65 reporters and editors. The site has won numerous honors, including “best enterprise reporting” and “best commentary” from the Society of American […]
IPI to hold forum on business relationship with media
The International Press Institute announced Thursday the first IPI Business Journalist Forum (IBJF), bringing together business executives and financial journalists to discuss one of the most debated issues of recent times –- the relationship between business and financial reporting. The IBJF is scheduled to take place Nov. 12 and Nov. 13 in Baden, Austria, with business […]
Fox's Dagen McDowell came up through biz journalism the hard way
Nancy Menefree Jackson of SmartWoman.com interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Dagen McDowell about her career and how she prepares for work each day. Here is an excerpt: Q: How did you educate yourself about the financial world? McDowell: I started by reading as much as I could: newspapers, books, research. But I learned the most […]
Panel in New York next week on business journalism's future
The Columbia Journalism Review and the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute will hold a panel discussion next week on the future of business journalism in the wake of the economic meltdown. The session will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in the World Room. The panelists […]
SABEW to hold event in New York
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will host an event at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism on May 28 to help out-of-work business journalists. Among those scheduled to speak at the event about coverage of the current economic crisis are New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia and former Wall Street Journal managing […]
Real estate reporters to meet in June in Washington
The National Association of Real Estate Editors will hold its 43rd Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference from June 18 to June 21 in Washington, DC. The conference will include a freelancer forum, plus, NAREE’s leading bloggers and videocasters will show attendees how to get started and how to take it up a notch. There will be plenty of […]
