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 […]
USA Today tech columnist gets hacked during flight
Steven Petrow, who writes a column for USA Today on technology, writes about how he was hacked during a recent flight while working on a column about why the FBI wants Apple to hack into a phone. Petrow writes, “That’s what my privacy-busting stranger had read. Back to my conversation: “‘That’s how I know you’re […]
Austin Biz Journal’s 30 and under list draws criticism
The Austin Business Journal’s recent list of the top business people in the Texas city under the age of 30 has drawn criticism for lacking diversity, reports Tony Cantu of Patch. Cantu writes, “The two diversity advocates, Mando Rayo and Monica Williams, told Patch the list is no aberration but illustrative of historical neglect of minority business […]
How Bloomberg has covered Bloomberg, so far
Tom Kludt and Brian Stelter of CNNMoney.com write about Bloomberg’s coverage of its owner Michael Bloomberg’s potential presidential run. Kludt and Stelter write, “When The New York Times reported last month that the former mayor was mulling a presidential run, Bloomberg Politics ran one story about the news that day: an aggregated, bullet point summation. […]
Bloomberg grapples with covering Bloomberg
Bloomberg Politics is struggling with how to cover owner Michael Bloomberg, who was interviewed by the Financial Times on Monday and disclosed he is interested in running for president, writes Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. Wemple writes, “Any news related to Michael Bloomberg puts Bloomberg News/Bloomberg Politics in a bind. As the Huffington Post’s Michael […]
How a biz reporter got fired for signing a non-compete clause
Casey Sullivan of Bloomberg BNA interviewed Stephanie Russell-Kraft, a 28-year-old journalist who Thomson Reuters fired within weeks after hiring her in September, learning she had signed a non-compete agreement in 2013 with her former employer, the legal news site Law360. Here is an excerpt of what Russell-Kraft said: I applied to a job at Reuters over the summer, […]
