Forbes reporter hired to create biz journalism program at Ohio U.
Mark Tatge, the Midwest bureau chief for Forbes magazine, has been hired by Ohio University to create a business journalism program there. Tatge had been an adjunct instructor at Northwestern University while working at Forbes. He will be the EW Scripps Visiting Professor at Ohio University. Prior to joining Forbes, Tatge was a staff reporter […]
Biz media creates skewed view of the economy
Brian Westbury, the chief economist of First Trust Partners, writes on the Wall Street Journal that the business media often creates an unbalanced view of what’s going on in the economy. Westbury wrote, “I talk frequently with members of the print media and I am a regular guest on business TV shows. Both venues stress […]
Cut stock listings don't result in more editorial space
A study released Tuesday by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism found that newspapers that cut printed stock listings have not used that extra space for more business news content. In addition, the study by Arizona State University professor Stephen Doig found that virtually none of the 1,400 daily newspapers in the […]
WSJ known for concise and elegant writing
Boston University journalism professor Lou Ureneck writes in Wednesday’s Boston Globe how he requires his students to read The Wall Street Journal because of the writing. Ureneck wrote, “Each fall, I open my graduate class in business and economics reporting by telling students that I will require them to read the Wall Street Journal. I […]
Fall SABEW and "Biz Journalism 101" registration now available
Registration is now available for the fall Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference, to be held Oct. 20-21 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Registration, which is $175 before Sept. 14, can be completed online here. This year’s fall conference will feature a number of sessions designed to improve the […]
New SABEW president talks about business journalism
Gail DeGeorge, who was elected president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers last week, is the Sun-Sentinel’s business editor, a position she has held for nine years. She is responsible for directing the coverage of South Florida’s business community by a staff of ten reporters, four assistant editors and an editorial assistant. […]
Talking Biz News goes to SABEW
The Talking Biz News blog will be reporting live from the 44th annual conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for the next three days. The conference is being held in Orange County, Calif. Here are some of the sessions I’ll be covering: On Sunday, look for what was discussed in the […]
Vamos named first O’Neil chair in biz journalism at SMU
Mark Vamos, former editor-in-chief of the national business magazine Fast Company and a former senior editor of both Newsweek and BusinessWeek, has been appointed the William J. O’Neil Chair in Business Journalism and senior lecturer at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He will start in August with the […]
NABJ sponsors business reporting seminar at Bloomberg
The National Association of Black Journalists is offering a two-day seminar on business journalism later this month at Bloomberg News headquarters in New York. The seminar will be held on May 19-20, and the deadline to register is May 17. The seminar included sessions on precision in writing, writing with numbers, business reporting on the radio, writing […]
Covering the business of universities
Melanie Sill, the executive editor of The (Raleigh) News & Observer, writes Sunday about how the paper is going to be covering the business of universities in the area. Tim Simmons will cover the new beat. Sill wrote, “Simmons made his mark here as an education reporter who helped explain policy as it was hitting […]
