Requiring an economics degree
Harvard University economics professor Greg Mankiw, as well as Cal-Berkeley’s Brad DeLong, have been blogging in the past 24 hours about how to make business and economics journalism better. Here is Mankiw’s solution: “Here’s my radical suggestion to the editors of the world: Require all your economics reporters to have an undergraduate degree in economics. […]
Myron Kandel on business journalism
I had the opportunity to speak this morning to Myron Kandel by telephone. Kandel is the founding financial editor of CNN News, and he was formerly a business reporter for the New York Times and business editor of the Washington Star, New York Herald-Tribune and New York Post. He has been a past president, twice, […]
Dow Jones industrial average celebrates 110th birthday
The Dow Jones industrial average turned 110 today. In addition to helping promote the company and the Wall Street Journal, it’s played an important role in evaluating the stock market. According to a press release put out by the Wall Street Journal’s parent, “‘The Dow’ is the world’s most frequently quoted and longest-serving market indicator […]
Loeb finalists named
The finalists for the Loeb Awards, administered by the UCLA Anderson School of Management, were named in a video conference on Monday by dean Judy D. Olian. There is no press release yet, and I did not catch all of the reporter’s names, but I did get all of the names of the newspapers and […]
Kandel, Henkoff honored by Loeb Awards
Retired CNN financial editor Myron Kandel has been named the recipient of the 2006 Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award by the UCLA Anderson School of Management, which also announced the 2006 finalists of the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism via a video link on Monday. In addition, Ronald Henkoff, executive editor of […]
Q&A with new SABEW president Dave Kansas
Earlier today, I conducted an e-mail Q&A with new Society of American Business Editors and Writers President Dave Kansas. Dave is editor of the The Wall Street Journal’s Money & Investing section. He oversees coverage of Wall Street, banking, markets, investing and personal finance. He also manages the day-to-day operations of the section. In addition, […]
Friedman: Fortune proves biz journalism is not dull
MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman spent some time assessing Fortune magazine, and he argues that the publication, despite some turmoil, has shown how exciting business journalism can be. Friedman writes, “Pooley is so proud of the issue that he can’t resist the urge to kick sand in his foe’s face. ‘BusinessWeek didn’t reach a conclusion about where […]
Loeb Award finalists to be telecast on Monday
UCLA Anderson School of Management will announce the 2006 finalists of the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism via a video link on Monday beginning at noon Eastern Time. Judy D. Olian, dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management and chairman of the G. and R. Loeb Foundation, will announce this year’s […]
Florida newspaper wants readers to contribute items
The Charlotte Sun-Herald newspaper in southwest Florida is asking for business owners to submit short items for its Biz Bits section that runs every Friday. Sounds a lot like citizen journalism. Business editor Bob Fliss writes in Thursday’s newspaper: “Biz Bits, which runs every Friday, is our latest attempt to add more variety to our […]
Biz journalism program at SMU on hold for a year
I had a brief e-mail conversation with Tony Pederson, the Belo Distinguished Chair in Journalism, at Southern Methodist University, who told me that the journalism program there has ended its current search for a person to hold its new William O’Neil Chair in Business Journalism and will apply for applicants again near the end of […]
