Nonprofit news organization ProPublica is paying the salary of Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette-Mail coal reporter Ken Ward while it seeks a new owner, reports Steven Mufson of The Washington Post. Mufson reports, “Yet the celebration...
GoLocalProv.com writes about the lack of local content in the Providence Journal’s business news section. GoLocalProv writes, “At a time when the stock market is at record levels and in a state of upheaval,...
Laura Emily Dunn of The Huffington Post interviewed ABC News chief business and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis about her career. Here is an excerpt: How has your life experience made you the leader you are today? I...
Talking Biz News readers may remember when Charlotte Observer business journalists Ely Portillo and Caroline McMillan announced their marriage in a press release back in 2013. Now, they’re pregnant. Here is the story: BREAKING NEWS: PORTILLO CO....
Talking Biz News founder Chris Roush talks about how business journalism has evolved in the 21st century. Roush noted how daily newspapers have cut back their business news coverage, providing an opening in most...
If you emailed San Francisco Chronicle business editor Owen Thomas this week, you got this following “out of office” reply: Hi. I think you’re awesome and I hope you’re having a great day. Did...
Talking Biz News annually asks an anonymous business journalist attending the Financial Follies to write a critique of the evening’s festivities. Here is this year’s review: The Financial Follies leaves several boxes unchecked. It...
“Sorry. This is commentary dressed up as news reporting.” — Gerard Baker, 12:01 a.m. On Friday the world will be treated to the Financial Follies 2017. Hundreds of reporters covering business and finance, as...
Business reporter Josie Cox of The Independent in London writes about the sexual harassment she has encountered in her career. Cox writes, “Having reported on the still very alpha male-dominated world of business and finance for...
WorkingNation, a nonprofit founded to explore unemployment and economic solutions, has received a $750,000 grant from Lumina Foundation to produce work-related journalism. Diane Haithman of the Los Angeles Business Journal writes, “The grant from the...
