Reynolds picks fellows for biz journalism seminars
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism has selected 30 fellows – 16 journalists and 14 professors – for four days of intensive study in business journalism. The fellows will attend separate seminars Jan. 2-5, 2014, at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix. Journalists in the […]
Financial reform heats up
This is going to be a big week for financial reform. A division of the Treasury Department is looking to regulate the asset management industry. The Obama administration is also in the midst of negotiating the details of the Volcker rule, which bans firms from trading for their own accounts. Here’s the Wall Street Journal […]
How the New York Times neglects business journalism
Felix Salmon of Reuters writes about how the New York Times neglects its business news coverage when it tweets stories. Salmon writes, “Give business stories a bit of promotion on the home page and on Twitter, in other words, and they’ll get you just as many pageviews as anything else, on average. But it turns […]
Ohio business reporter in critical condition
A Columbus Dispatch business reporter and avid bicyclist was struck and injured by a car Sunday while riding. Jim Woods and Kathy Lynn Gray of the Dispatch write, “Steve Wartenberg, 55, was in critical condition in intensive care last night at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital with multiple broken bones. “Wartenberg was hit about 11:44 a.m. […]
CFTC’s recent struggles after the shutdown
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has been in the news lately, especially as it restarts after the government shutdown. The Wall Street Journal had an interesting story about the CFTC being undersized and lacking funding to bring charges in certain cases: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is so cash-starved that the agency is being forced […]
How a business editor celebrates Halloween
Scott Perry, the business editor of the Herald-Review in Decatur, Ill., dressed up for Halloween in the newsroom Thursday. The photo is by Allison Petty, a reporter at the paper. In an email to Talking Biz News, Perry wrote: Up until a couple years ago, this was an every year thing. Unlike this year’s costume, […]
McGraw family funds biz journalism center at CUNY
With a $3 million gift from the Harold W. McGraw Jr. Family Foundation, the City University of New York’s graduate school of journalism will get a center for business journalism, reports Melanie Grayce West of The Wall Street Journal. West writes, “The Harold W. McGraw Jr. Center for Business Journalism at CUNY will create a […]
Talking Biz News Today- Aug. 21, 2013
Some of the top stories in business journalism today: New York Times top headlines: Many Wall St. banks woo children of Chinese leaders, by David Barboza Currency volatility is unnerving investors, by Nathaniel Popper Reuters top headlines: Greece’s ‘third’ bailout talk shadows ECB visit to Athens, by Harry Papachristou America Movil secures financing to buy […]
Talking Biz News to host event on future of business journalism
Talking Biz News will host its first event on Nov. 1 in New York that will have two panels discussing the future of business journalism. The event, which will begin at noon, will be held at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in Times Square. The first panel will discuss the relationship between business journalists […]
Talking Biz News Today — Aug. 15, 2013
Here is what business journalists are focusing on Thursday as their top stories: Wall Street Journal top headlines: Stocks, bonds sell off, by Kaitlyn Kierman and Min Zeng Dell reports earnings after the close, by Brian Fitzgerald Financial Times top headlines: Wal-Mart sales drop signals gloomier outlook for consumers, by Barney Jopson Cisco cuts jobs […]
