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 […]
Lakeland Ledger to cut stock listings
The Lakeland Ledger, a New York Times’ newspaper in central Florida, said that it would cut its daily stock listings with a summary of what happened in the markets. The move mirrors what its parent company’s flagship paper did last month and what other papers in Florida such as the nearby Orlando Sentinel have done […]
More on LA Times' biz columnist Hiltzik
The LA Observed web site has a nice collection of comments posted on the Internet related to the ethical issues at the Los Angeles Times surrounding former business columnist Michael Hiltzik, who lost his column and his blog after posting comments on other blogs using a pseudonym. Times editor Dean Baquet called the situation a […]
Filmmaker suggests more aggressive coverage of credit biz
Filmmaker Danny Schechter, a 1978 Nieman Fellow and the producer of the movie “In Debt we Trust,” came away from the film with the belief that journalism should do a better job of covering the credit business. Schechter writes, “I am raising this issue, and suggesting ways that it can be reported, because I believe […]
Winners of real estate awards named
Jamie Smith Hopkins, who writes about real estate for the Baltimore Sun, was the big winner Friday at the National Association of Real Estate Editors’ 56th Annual Journalism Awards luncheon, which was held in Charlotte. Hopkins was the winner of the Robert F. Brennan Award for Best Overall Entry by an Individual and the winner […]
A parting shot from outgoing Chief Executive editor
William Holstein, in what might be his final column as editor of Chief Executive magazine, lamented the declining quality in business journalism. He blamed it on publications that are cutting back in their networks of correspondents and reporters, and in wanting to bring in some fresh blood, i.e. young reporters. Holstein writes, “Fortune magazine now […]
Sports Biz Journal reporter leaves to go to NASCAR
Scott Warfield, a reporter for the Sports Business Journal based in Charlotte, is leaving the only sports business newspaper to go work for NASCAR. Warfield had covered auto racing and professional soccer for the paper, which is owned by American City Business Journals. Warfield will manage public relations for NASCAR Licensing, Aftermarket and Community Affairs, […]
Lawsuit accuses PC World of inflating circulation
A lawsuit accuses PC World magazine of inflating its subscibers by 20,000, according to an article in Tuesday’s Newsday. Newsday reporter Mark Harrintgon writes, “The suit, filed in federal court in Brooklyn on behalf of Boston-based software company Teletype Co. Inc., claims PC World and a top magazine official, Shawne Burke Pecar, conspired with defunct […]
