Financial TV's pioneer looks back

Baltimore Sun business columnist Jay Hancock profiles Anne Darlington, the Maryland Public Television employee who came up with the idea for “Wall Street Week” with Louis Rukeyser. Hancock writes, “The viewers were there. They just didn’t know it. Americans were saving. Women were joining the workforce. Yet the stock market was still seen as occult […]

WSJ's Argentina bureau chief becomes "Money Talks" columnist

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Michael Casey, The Wall Street Journal‘s Argentina bureau chief, will return to the New York offices as Money Talks columnist, according to an internal announcement Monday. The announcement stated, “After a six-year stint as Argentina bureau chief, Michael joins the global team that weighs in on major issues in fixed income markets and the world’s economy. Michael’s no stranger to the […]

New biz editor named at Globe & Mail

Elena Cherney has been named to oversee the business coverage at the Globe and Mail, according to a short story Friday. She replaces John Stackhouse, who became the paper’s top editor. Cherney had been ME of the section. The story states, “Prior to joining The Globe in 2007, Ms. Cherney, 37, was a business reporter […]

Canadian Business names new editor

Steve Maich has been named editor and associate publisher of Canadian Business magazine. Maich served in a variety of increasingly senior editorial roles at Maclean’s during the last six years. He most recently served as executive editor, leading the magazine’s coverage of business and economy as well as writing the widely read weekly Econowatch column. Prior […]

Firefighter of financial hysteria

Sarah Simpson of the Toronto Globe and Mail profiles CNN chief financial correspondent Ali Velshi, who grew up in Canada, about how he got into business journalism. Simpson writes, “He chose business journalism ‘because I thought it would be a nice life – no nights and weekends,’ he jokes. ‘The reality is they needed someone […]

Gannett layoffs include biz journalism jobs

Gannett Co. has instituted another round of layoffs at its papers across the country, and some of those whose jobs were cut include business journalists. Randy Tucker, assistant business editor at The Cincinnati Enquirer, was one of the 101 layoffs at that paper. The Enquirer also lost John Eckberg, who recently was covering business, after […]

Biz journalist Eisinger joins ProPublica

Investigative journalism organization ProPublica announced that former Wall Street Journal and Portfolio columnist and reporter Jesse Eisinger will join its investigative newsroom as a senior reporter. With the addition of Eisinger, ProPublica’s reporting and editing team now grows to 32 people. Eisinger was most recently the Wall Street editor of Portfolio, where he wrote a November […]

Albany Times Union lays off biz editor

Chris Churchill, a business writer at the Albany Times Union in upstate New York, writes Wednesday about layoffs that include his boss, business editor Marlene Kennedy. Churchill writes, “The layoffs were effective immediately, although the company said members of the Albany Newspaper Guild technically were placed on paid leave as the newspaper continues ongoing negotiations […]

CNN's Velshi talks about his career

Obsessed TV’s Samantha Ettus talks with CNN chief financial correspondent Ali Velshi abou this career and his career path in this 30-minute episode.