Critiquing the current state of economics reporting
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Dean Baker is not a big fan of the overall current state of economics reporting. Baker, the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C., writes a regular blog called “Beat the Press” in which he exposes problems with economics coverage, often pointing to specific stories that […]
A biz reporter with a financial incentive in his work
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Bill Freehling, a business reporter at the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star in Virginia, is part of a business journalism experiment. Last month, Freehling began producing a daily business news e-mail that goes out to people who sign up. Such e-mails are common among business news operations, but what makes Freehling’s situation different […]
“Nightly Business Report” new owner speaks about upcoming changes
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE In August, Mykalai Kontilai and his backers purchased the “Nightly Business Report” show that airs each weekend on public television stations across the country for an undisclosed price. Since that time, the 31-year-old show has been undergoing some changes that began before the show was acquired. There were eight employees laid […]
New Reuters editor in chief talks business journalism
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Slightly more than a year after joining the company, Stephen Adler was named the editor in chief of Reuters on Monday, replacing David Schlesinger, who held the spot for four years but is returning to China. For the past 14 months, Adler has been senior vice president and editorial director of […]
Covering the business of sports
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE CNBC sports business reporter Darren Rovell is one of only a handful of business journalists who covers the business of sports full time. He is responsible for both analyzing and reporting on the sports business world on all of CNBC’s programming. In addition, he is also author of the “Sports Biz” […]
Overseeing a business journalism experiment in San Francisco
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Marcus Chan, who became the business and technology editor of the San Francisco Chronicle a year ago, has been in charge of an interesting experiment. The Chronicle announced in March that it would launch an expanded business news section with the help of Bloomberg News called Business Report. Business Report is […]
From reporter to business editor: How to make the adjustment
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Courtney Sherwood became the business editor of The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, Wash., last year, transitioning from years as a business reporter to being in charge of the section. Sherwood, a Grinnell College graduate, has been a business reporter for most of her 10 years in journalism, including a previous three-year […]
The demise of labor reporting
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE William Serrin is a journalism professor at New York University, but before he entered academia he covered the labor beat for the New York Times, which nominated him for a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for coverage of the American industrial decline. Serrin is the author of “Homestead: The Glory and Tragedy […]
Buying into the South Carolina business news market
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Fred Russell, the managing director of Richmond-based Virginia Capital Partners, now controls a huge chunk of South Carolina business news. Last week, Virginia Capital purchased the Charleston Regional Business Journal, GSA Business, the Columbia Regional Business Report and SCBIZ magazine for an undisclosed amount. The South Carolina business publications had been […]
Bloomberg Businessweek, one year later
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE One year ago this week, Bloomberg L.P. closed on its acquisition of BusinessWeek magazine from McGraw-Hill. It hired Time deputy managing editor Josh Tyrangiel to be the magazine’s new editor and renamed the publication Bloomberg Businessweek. The publication moved from McGraw-Hill’s building near Rockefeller Center to Bloomberg’s offices near Central Park. […]
