FT suspends media reporter DiStefano
Financial Times reporter Mark Di Stefano has been suspended after the Independent accused him of listening in on sensitive Zoom meetings held by its senior managers telling staff about salary cuts and furloughs, reports Mark Sweney of The Guardian. Sweney reports, “Mark Di Stefano, who joined the FT from BuzzFeed in January, has been accused […]
Report: FT reporter accessed rival media’s Zoom call
A Financial Times reporter listened in on confidential and sensitive video calls at rival news organizations as staff were told about salary cuts and furloughs by editors and senior managers, according to a report in The Independent. The Independent story states, “Mark Di Stefano accessed private Zoom meetings held by The Independent and The Evening Standard […]
Why Bloomberg tried to get a reporter’s spouse to sign an NDA
David Folkenflik of National Public Radio reports on why Bloomberg LP tried to get the wife of David Forsythe, one of its reporters in China, to sign a nondisclosure agreement after it killed an investigation that Forsythe reported in 2013. Folkenflik reports, “In late 2013, Bloomberg News suspended Forsythe, accusing him of leaking word of […]
Dallas real estate news site wants credit from the local daily
CandysDirt.com, a Dallas-based real estate news site, has accused the Dallas Morning News of not giving it attribution and credit when it breaks stories. Executive editor Joanna England posted on Facebook on Wednesday that the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Dallas Business Journal have given it proper credit, but the Morning News has not. England wrote, “Considering how […]
Bloomberg News staffers relieved, disappointed for owner
Brian Stelter of CNN examines how Bloomberg News journalists reacted to the company owner bowing out of the Democratic primary. Stelter writes, “The unusual dynamic created tensions inside Bloomberg News, which were only amplified in recent weeks when Bloomberg the candidate gained in the polls. Bloomberg the newsroom started to discuss what it would be […]
Bloomberg News returns to normal election coverage
Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait sent out the following message to the staff on Wednesday: Now that Mike has said he is leaving the race for President, we will return to our normal coverage of the election; we will follow exactly the same coverage rules for the Democratic presidential candidates and President Donald […]
How Purdue Pharma’s owners tried to influence Bloomberg coverage
Hannah Dreier writes for ProPublica about how the Sackler family at Purdue Pharma tried to influence coverage at Bloomberg News through its friendship with company owner Michael Bloomberg. Dreier writes, “Read then emailed Theresa Sackler, asking for the reporter’s name. Sackler responded by identifying David Armstrong, then a reporter on Bloomberg’s investigations team. ‘We REALLY […]
WSJ editor Murray agreed with reporters about China headline
Wall Street Journal editor Matt Murray seemed to agree with reporters at the paper that a headline for a column about China was inappropriate but said he couldn’t do anything to change it, reports Marc Tracy of The New York Times. Tracy reports, “Journal leaders met with newsroom employees to discuss the headline before China […]
WSJ staff protest “sick man” headline that upset Chinese government
The Wall Street Journal’s China staff is urging the newspaper to apologize for a headline that prompted the Chinese government to expel three of its journalists this week, reports Paul Farhi of The Washington Post. Farhi reports, “‘We . . . ask you to consider correcting the headline and apologizing to our readers, sources, colleagues and anyone […]
The dilemma of how Bloomberg News covers candidate Bloomberg
Michael Grynbaum of The New York Times examines how Bloomberg News is struggling to cover news about its majority owner and Democratic Party candidate for president. Grynbaum writes, “Bloomberg News’s campaign reporters operate separately from the news outlet’s Projects and Investigations team. But the memo was widely perceived as a signal that Bloomberg News would […]
