Writing Maytag magazine articles led to legendary biz journalism career
Michael Dinan of the New Canaanite in Connecticut interviewed legendary Fortune business journalist Carol Loomis about her career. Here is an excerpt: You came out of the University of Missouri in 1951 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, and launched what would become a celebrated career as a financial journalist soon after. I’m curious to […]
Huey to receive Elliott Bell award
John Huey, former top editor at Fortune magazine, has been named the recipient of the Elliott V. Bell Award by the New York Financial Writers’ Association. The award is named after the NYFWA’s founding president, a former Business Week editor, and recognizes individuals who have made long-term contributions to financial journalism and have had a […]
How biz news sites added, lost readers in past year
Below you will find the charts from comScore Multi-platform Report US showing the top 15 business and financial news websites for March 2015 and March 2014 in terms of unique viewers for each of those months. A few takeaways: 1. Yahoo Finance has lost more than 20 million unique viewers year over year; 2. Business […]
Fortune seeks Most Powerful Women reporter
Fortune is looking for an intrepid, digitally-savvy reporter with a passion for women in business to write for the Most Powerful Women channel on Fortune.com and help produce The Broadsheet, our daily newsletter about women in business. This is a key role for an energetic reporter who wants to dig into creating meaningful, transformative content […]
Bloomberg, ProPublica and Fortune among NYSSCPA winners
The winners of the 32nd annual Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards were announced Wednesday by the New York State Society of CPAs. The awards are presented to journalists, reporters and authors on the recommendation of the Society’s board ofjJudges, which consists of select members of the NYSSCPA and New York Financial Writers’ Association. The awards […]
Fortune editor: We want to stay on cutting edge of tech news
Fortune editor Alan Murray sent out the following message to the staff on Wednesday: To the staff: I’m delighted to announce major additions to the Fortune family that will keep us at the cutting edge of reporting on how technology is changing the workplace. Six of the journalists from the tech web site Gigaom will be joining Fortune in the next […]
Fortune expands tech news team
Andrew Nusca of Fortune writes about the magazine’s hiring of six journalists who formerly worked for the tech news site GigaOm. Nusca writes, “Fortune has long valued its technology coverage, and it’s no secret in our industry that the team behind it is tight-knit. In that spirit, we’re delighted to announce that we’ve hired six […]
Fortune close to hiring six GigaOm journalists
Fortune magazine is close to announcing that it is hiring six journalists — or about one-third of the staff — of the tech news site GigaOm that closed down recently, reports Chris Thompson of the Poynter Institute. Thompson writes, “Fortune Magazine will issue an announcement at 8 a.m. tomorrow, according to one of the sources. […]
Gharib on convincing CEOs to talk
Diana Bradley of PRWeek spoke with Fortune senior special correspondent Susie Gharib about her role at the magazine after leaving her job as co-anchor of “Nightly Business Report.” Here is an excerpt: In February, you rejoined the magazine, this time as a senior special correspondent, to create video interviews with Fortune 500 CEOs to go […]
Getting back in the business journalism game
Leena Rao, a former TechCrunch managing editor who has been with Google Ventures, writes on Medium about why she is returning to business journalism by accepting a job at Fortune as a senior writer. Rao wrotes, “I realized I really missed the Game. “The Game is the playing field for writers. It’s where you relentlessly […]
