Cavuto lauds Kiplinger's Frailey column
Fox News business anchor Neil Cavuto is praising another business journalist. He enjoyed reading Kiplinger’s editor Fred Frailey’s most recent column, which asked readers a set of 12 questions. Cavuto writes, “Frailey talks about his young and otherwise very healthy brother-in-law, Billy, who dropped dead on the golf course of a heart arrhythmia earlier this […]
What Rukeyser could teach, and has taught TV biz reporters
MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman notes that there are some television business journalists who could learn by watching tapes of former Wall Street Week host Louis Rukeyser, and some who obviously have learned a thing or two from the recently deceased business journalism pioneer. Friedman writes, “CNBC would virtually perform a public service by making Dylan Ratigan […]
Changes to Loeb Award judges
The G. and R. Loeb Foundation and UCLA Anderson School of Management announced on Monday changes to the final judging panel of the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. Named as new final judges are: Stephen J. Adler, editor-in-chief, BusinessWeek; Amanda Bennett, editor and vice president, The Philadelphia Inquirer; Jane Berentson, managing […]
Chasing Mad Money picks
Lynn O’Shaughnessy of the Copley News Service has a story on the wire about how chasing Jim Cramer’s picks from his “Mad Money” show might not be the best thing for investors. O’Shaugnessy writes, “What the researchers documented was an eagerness by investors to swallow Cramer’s bait. The show is recorded 30 minutes after the […]
The media world is changing; business news needs to change as well
Joe Garofili of the San Francisco Chronicle has a nice story in this morning’s newspaper about how the sale of the San Jose Mercury News and Contra Costa Times from Knight Ridder to McClatchy to MediaNews all in the span of weeks is symblomatic of the changes occurring in the media world. One of the […]
Rukeyser being remembered with two TV specials
Louis Rukeyser, the business journalist whose “Wall Street Week” show aired on TV for nearly 35 years, will be remembered this weekend by two special shows. Rukeyser died earlier this week from a rare bone cancer at the age of 73. CNBC is airing a one-hour special, hosted by Maria Bartiromo, about Rukeyser on Friday […]
Target closes annual meeting to journalists
Target, the large retailer, has joined a number of other companies in closing its annual meeting to reporters, according to an article in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune by reporter Chris Serres. Serres writes, “In the past, the company allowed members of the media to ask questions of senior executives in a briefing after the meeting. “Brookter […]
Knight-Bagehot fellows named for next academic year
Ten Knight-Bagehot Fellows in economics and business journalism have been named by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for the 2006-2007 academic year. They include journalists from The Financial Times, Houston Chronicle, The Washington Post, Forbes magazine, Reuters America and Dow Jones. The mid-career fellowships provide full tuition and a living stipend of $45,000 […]
Biz journalism course in London offered by Reuters
Journalists in developing or transition countries are eligible for a June 12 to 23 course in London on writing business news. There is no published deadline, but space is limited. The Reuters Foundation is organizing the course, to be conducted in English by experienced Reuters news agency journalists. Applicants should have at least two years […]
News of the wierd: Business journalism edition
Can you imagine if this happened in the United States? A business reporter for the state-run newspaper The Herald in Zimbabwe has been suspended from his job arriving late for the opening of Tobacco Action Floors last week, which resulted in the paper failing to carry speeches by Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono and Agriculture […]
