How Fortune uses 5,000 outside contributors
Lucia Moses of Digiday writes about how Fortune uses thousands of outside contributors for content on its website. Moses writes, “The Time Inc. title draws from a 5,000-person contributor network who supply what Fortune digital editor Aaron Task calls ‘our op-ed page.’ The result is commentary from executives like Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent (‘Every moment of every day […]
Starkman: The biz media won’t catch the next crisis
Asher Schechter of ProMarket, the blog of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, interviewed media critic Dean Starkman about the financial media’s coverage of the 2008 economic crisis. Here is an excerpt: Q: Eight years after the financial crisis, do you think business media is now better positioned to recognize […]
When the BusinessWeek editor recused himself from Intel coverage
Steve Shepard, the editor in chief of BusinessWeek from 1984 to 2005, writes about recusing himself from editing major Intel stories during his tenure because of his relationship with CEO Andy Grove. Shepard writes, “Over the years, I always went to see him when I was in California, and we shared lunches and dinners in […]
AP slave fishing story wins Shadid award
The Associated Press has won the 2016 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics for reporting that resulted in the freeing of 2,000 slave laborers used by the fishing industry in Southeast Asia. The award will be presented at the annual conference of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Journalism Ethics on April 29 in Madison […]
Forbes investigating “contributor” who asked for money for story
Forbes has launched an investigation after a freelance journalist who claimed to be a contributor to its 1,800-strong digital network offered to write a company profile in return for money payment from its PR agency, reports John Plunkett of The Guardian. Plunkett writes, “The journalist, who has not been named, asked for ‘someone to fund my time’ saying […]
How a Bloomberg reporter was trolled online for two years
Dune Lawrence of Bloomberg writes about the defamation campaign against her online by Chinese businessman Benjamin Wey after she wrote a negative article. Lawrence writes, “I didn’t sue for defamation. I talked to people about it, and all of them told me the same thing: It would be long, invasive, and horrible, and Wey would likely […]
When a business story appears the same day as an ad
Adrian Vore, the reader’s representative at the San Diego Union-Tribune, writes about how an ad for a luxury condominium appeared the same day as a story about the condo. Vore writes, “Business editor Diana McCabe said neither she nor Showley knew a Pacific Gate spadea ad was running that day. Reporters and their editors are […]
Bloomberg’s coverage of Trump draws attention
Gabriel Sherman of New York magazine writes about whether Michael Bloomberg will run for president and his relationship with Republican front-runner Donald Trump, including how Bloomberg’s news organization covers Trump’s business operation. Sherman writes, “With 80 percent of Bloomberg LP’s revenues generated by terminal sales mostly to financial firms, Bloomberg instructed Micklethwait to undo some of […]
The cold business vs. the warm community
Have you ever noticed something I call the “The ’60 Minutes’ Scene” in video news reports, particularly in community vs. company themed stories? It’s the tendency for interviews with the community members to be in real life settings like the outdoors, in the sun, with children and animals frolicking in the background. Or in a […]
Four stories on Wired.com were plagiarized
RetractionWatch.com reports that four stories that have appeared on Wired.com since the beginning of year contained plagiarized material. Ivan Oransky of RetractionWatch reports, “It was the start of an episode that would lead to the dismissal of a WIRED reporter, and the addition of warning notes to four of the publication’s stories. “When Rogers got […]
