Why Bloomberg News should cover its founder if he runs for president
Jack Shafer of Politico writes that Bloomberg News should cover founder Michael Bloomberg’s run for president in 2020 if he decides to run. Shafer writes, “Bloomberg’s disinclination to have the reporters on his payroll write about him comes from the recognition that they know him better than the average journalist. If Bloomberg really thinks that nobody […]
Bloomberg staffers opposed to founder running for president
Only one of the more than 60 Bloomberg editorial staffers contacted by The Daily Beast would like to see founder Michael Bloomberg run for president, reports Maxwell Tani. Tani writes, “While the majority of respondents who opposed his candidacy said they were mainly worried a Bloomberg bid would make their jobs harder, others felt some of […]
Mike Bloomberg still doesn’t understand journalism
Kathy Kiely, the Lee Hills chair in free press studies at the Missouri School of Journalism and a former politics editor at Bloomberg News, writes for The Washington Post about how company founder Michael Bloomberg still doesn’t understand journalism. Kiely writes, “And for all the undoubted good he has done as a creator of jobs […]
Bloomberg increases percentage of women in content, expands training
The percentage of women guests brought in as expert commentators on Bloomberg Television has climbed to 18 percent in the most recent month, up from 10 percent at the start of 2018, according to data released by the media organization on Monday. In addition, the percentage of stories that quote or cite a woman expert […]
Bloomberg reporters express concern about covering politics if founder runs
Bloomberg News reporters have expressed concern about how its political news team would cover its founder’s potential run for president — and whether they would be allowed to cover it at all, reports Steven Perlberg of BuzzFeed News. Perlberg writes, “The politics team, in particular, has been rankled by what Bloomberg said about how in-house political reporters […]
CEO blames housing slowdown on the media
Toll Brothers CEO Douglas Yearly blamed media reports about the housing market for the slowdown in sales, reports Michael Sheetz of CNBC.com. Sheetz writes, “‘In November, we saw the market soften further, which we attribute to the cumulative impact of rising interest rates and the effect on buyer sentiment of well-publicized reports of a housing […]
WSJ corrects story calling Russian president “Vladimir Trump”
The Wall Street Journal has corrected a story calling Russian president Vladimir Putin the name “Vladimir Trump,” reports Aris Folley of The Hill. Folley writes, “‘Vladimir Putin is president of Russia. An editing mistake misidentified Mr. Putin in an earlier version of this article. (Nov. 29),’ the publication noted at the bottom of an article […]
Bloomberg continues to report on China hacking story
Bloomberg News is continuing to do reporting on its blockbuster story last month that appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek that claimed that China had hacked its way into software produced by companies such as Apple and Super Micro, reports Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. The reporting is being done by Ben Elgin, who was not part of the […]
How the WSJ is detecting fake video content
Francesco Marconi and Till Daldrup of The Wall Street Journal write for The Nieman Lab about how the newspaper is using technology to determine fake video content. Marconi and Daldrup write, “If someone has sent in suspicious footage, a good first step is to try to contact the source. How did that person obtain it? Where and when […]
Should business journalism only focus on investment opportunities?
Freelance business journalist Karen K. Ho talked with Bloomberg News reporter Jordyn Holman, who covers gender, race and class in the business world, and Columbia University professor Bill Grueskin about how a lot of business news is produced for the investment community and doesn’t discuss issues that affect society. They talked on the CanadaLand podcast. […]
