WSJ staff reminded about social media policies
Wall Street Journal executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following to the staff on Thursday morning: Dear All, As all of you know, The Journal has long given strong guidance regarding appropriate use of social media. Still, platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook continue to present us with both opportunities and challenges. At their […]
Biz news networks drop Faber after racist comments
All three business news networks have dropped newsletter publisher Marc Faber from future appearances after he made racist comments in a recent publication, reports Matthew Zeitlin of BuzzFeed. Zeitlin reports, “Following backlash on social media, a CNBC spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that it had no business relationship with Faber and, ‘we do not intend to book him […]
Financial media more trusted in U.S. than rest of the world
Investors trust the financial media more in the United States than in the rest of the world, according to a survey by Natixis Global Asset Management. In the United States, 62 percent trust the financial media at least somewhat, but only 10 percent completely trust the financial media. Globally, 57 percent of investors trust the […]
Advertisers discourage investigative business journalism
The dependence on advertising revenue discourages newsrooms from pursuing critical business news investigations, according to research from Maha Rafi Atal of the University of Cambridge. In Journalism, Atal writes, “Business editors are aware of and concerned about these dual forms of advertiser power and the control it places on their operations. At one outlet, managers said they […]
STAT retracts op-ed piece and changes guidelines
Health care news site STAT has retracted one op-ed piece, as explained in this editor’s note and tightened its standards for opinion pieces and its practices for vetting writers. Executive editor Rick Berke of STAT writes, “We have always asked contributors to disclose any conflicts of interest, and believe the vast majority of the opinion […]
Glancey named WSJ deputy editor for newsroom standards
Neal Lipschutz, the editor overseeing ethics and standards at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Monday: I am pleased to announce Christine Glancey has joined the ethics and standards team. Christine brings deep and varied news experience at The Wall Street Journal to her new role as deputy editor, newsroom standards. […]
The Wall Street Journal’s Trump problem
Lucia Groves of The Guardian writes about the problem The Wall Street Journal is facing with its coverage of President Donald Trump. Groves writes, “Dozens of reporters, editors, and copy staff have left the paper in the past year, an exodus attributable to a combination of buyout incentives, poaching and frustration with management at the title […]
Judge dismisses libel lawsuit against Techdirt
A judge has dismissed a libel lawsuit against tech news site Techdirt, which had been sued by a man claiming he invented email. Cyrus Farivar of Ars Technica writes, “The claim was brought by Shiva Ayyadurai, who has controversially claimed that he invented e-mail in the late 1970s. Techdirt (and its founder and CEO, Mike Masnick) has […]
When Forbes pressured a reporter to take down a Google story
Kashmir Hill, a former Forbes reporter, writes for Gizmodo about when she was forced to take down a story about Google’s “Plus 1” social buttons. Hill writes, “Google never challenged the accuracy of the reporting. Instead, a Google spokesperson told me that I needed to unpublish the story because the meeting had been confidential, and […]
Shafer: WSJ’s Baker won’t lose his job anytime soon
Politico’s Jack Shafer writes that Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker is unlikely to be ousted anytime soon despite the fact that the newsroom is unhappy with his style. Shafer writes, “Baker, on the other hand, need not worry about expulsion. Staff rebellions mean nothing at a Murdoch property as long as the top editor maintains Murdoch’s confidence. I […]
