Orlando paper will sell ads on biz section front
I was at the Orlando Sentinel for the day to do some training with the business news staff, and had lunch with Lisa Cianci, the assistant managing editor for business, and some other staff members, including business editor Ned Popkins. Cianci disclosed that the paper will begin selling ads on the front of the business […]
Remembering Danny Pearl in the Berkshires
Reporters, editors and sources are remembering slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in the Berkshires of Massachusetts due to the recent announcement of a movie being made about his life, according to an article in the Berkshire Eagle on Sunday. Ghanashyam Ojha wrote, “Glenn Drohan, editor of The Advocate in North Adams and someone […]
Hancock: CEOs hiding behind Reg FD and don't talk to reporters
Baltimore Sun business columnist Jay Hancock argues that too many CEOs and other corporate executives refuse to talk to business journalists and use Regulation FD as their feeble excuse. He noted that a local CEO talked to him this week, and he thanked him for it. Hancock wrote, “Over and over, corporate officers and directors […]
Florida International officially launches master's in biz journalism program
Florida International University has officially launched its new master’s program in business journalism. Gregg Fields, a former business reporter for the Miami Herald, has left the paper and will run the program. The program is offered jointly by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and FIU’s College of Business Administration and combines courses in […]
Atlanta radio station switches to all-business format
Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Scott Leith writes in Sunday’s paper about a local radio station that has switched its format to all business news. Appropriately enough, the call letters for the station are WCFO. Leith writes, “Most of WCFO’s airtime is filled with syndicated programming, as taken as from Bloomberg Radio and Business Talk Radio Network. […]
Fuchs: Business press still doesn't have a good handle on Bernanke
The Street.com’s Marek Fuchs argues in his Saturday column that the business media still doesn’t know how to properly cover new Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, who took over for Alan Greenspan earlier this year. Fuchs wrote, “After all, as usual with the business media, (mis)perceptions have been swinging wildly between the two extremes. “In the […]
How does Herb Greenberg do his job
Marketwatch columnist Herb Greenberg responded to a reader on his blog who wanted to know how he conducts his reporting on a day-to-say basis. Specifically, the reader wanted to know whether Greenberg takes the time to try to contact a company when he is presenting a veiwpoint about that company gleaned from a short seller, […]
The future of business journalism needs rethinking
Business journalism, and journalism in general, needs to rethink its future in terms of its audience, not how the information is delivered, said a Washington & Lee professor in a speech Thursday. “We have a lot more control over how we define our audience than how we define our technology,” said Pamela Luecke, the Donald […]
Do biz journalists need more training?
A panel of well-known business journalists and experts differed Thursday morning on whether reporters covering business and the economy need to have more training in the field. “I don’t think we have any requirement where religion writers have to go to seminary,” said Nik Deogun, deputy bureau chief in Washington for the Wall Street Journal. […]
SABEW receives grant from foundations
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has received a $25,000 grant sponsored by the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism, Ford, and James L. and John S. Knight Foundations for capacity building efforts. This grant will match each dollar SABEW raises up to $25,000. The match will double your dollars, and if you have […]
