Black Enterprise editor at large inks radio deal
Alfred Edmond Jr., senior vice president and editor at large for Black Enterprise magazine, has signed a deal with American Urban Radio Networks to produce a daily, short form feature titled “Money Matters.” Edmond already appears regularly on PBS’s “Nightly Business Report,” as a contributor to American Express’ “Open Forum,” CNN and as an expert […]
N.C. paper hires business reporter for full-time job
Ted Natt, who ran the Sandhills Business Times newspaper for five years before shutting it in 2008, has been hired by the Southern Pines Pilot as a full-time business reporter. Natt had been writing for the North Carolina paper on a part-time basis. Tom Embry writes, “During his career, Natt worked for Associated Press branches […]
French biz journalist visits Iowa
Philip Brasher of the Des Moines Register writes about how Beatrice Mathieu, a writer/editor for the French national business magazine L’Expansion, recently visited Iowa. Brasher writes, “Mathieu also dropped in on biotech research at Pioneer Hi-Bred, something of a stretch for a citizen of a country that still forbids biotech seeds.Sadly, the winter timing of […]
Georgia paper changes oversight of business coverage
The Athens Banner-Herald newspaper in Georgia has changed who is in charge of its business coverage. A story on its website states, “To tackle this hole in our coverage, the Athens Banner-Herald has created a new position, community news editor, a job now filled by veteran writer and Associate Editor Don Nelson. Nelson, who came […]
Washington Post business correction: Which one is correct?
The Washington Post published three corrections Thursday from business section content. The first one reads: “The Steven Pearlstein column on the Feb. 2 Economy & Business pages incorrectly said that stock prices are roughly where they were 20 years ago. On an inflation-adjusted basis, the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index has shown little or no […]
NYFWA names new president
Imogen Rose-Smith of Institutional Investor magazine has been elected the new president of the New York Financial Writers Association at its annual meeting earlier this week. Rose-Smith also writes for Absolute Return magazine, a sister publication. The group now has 397 members, an increase of 20 from the year before. It also named a scholarship […]
Bloomberg TV hires Forbes senior editor
Bloomberg Television announced Wednesday that Forbes senior editor Robyn Meredith has joined the network as a Hong Kong-based correspondent. Meredith, who has a decade of experience reporting on Asia and global economic trends, will cover business and financial news for Bloomberg Television across the Asia-Pacific region. She is the author of the 2007 New York […]
The state of freelance business journalism
Freelance business journalists in North America make an average of $25,000 to $30,000 a year, and two out of every five were laid off, according to an informal survey conducted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. More than two-thirds of those who responded said they would not go back to a full-time […]
The Financial Follies: It's Raining Yen
The New York Financial Writers Association hosts the “Financial Follies” dinner every year for business journalists and sources to mingle. Marshall Heyman of The Wall Street Journal has some highlights of Friday’s festivities. Heyman writes, “Because it’s a staged show, the Financial Follies has what it calls a book and lyrics committee. Some of the […]
New biz editor at Texas paper
Casey Murphy has been named the business editor of the Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph in Texas, replacing Chad Thomas, who left recently for a job with a university in Dallas. Murphy was previously the Tyler city reporter. Managing editor Brian Pearson writes, “Mrs. Murphy has been in the business editor seat for about a week and is […]
