Hudson: I hope to be at Nightly Business Report for 30 years as well
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Tom Hudson became the co-anchor of Miami-based “Nightly Business Report” on PBS stations in early January, replacing Paul Kangas, who had been an anchor on the show for its first 30 years. Hudson came from the Midwest. He previously was at Chicago-based “First Business,” where Hudson played a leading role in […]
Behind the scenes of the Capital Business launch
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The Washington Post announced Monday that it would launch Capital Business, a weekly business newspaper, next month. The paper will initially be delivered on Mondays within the Post. Dan Beyers was named editor of Capital Business. Beyers is special topics editor for business, health, science and the environment at the Post. […]
Why Davos is a must for biz reporters
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman has been in Davos, Switzerland, this week covering the World Economic Forum. The annual meeting is taking place Jan. 27 through Jan. 31 and features 2,500 leaders from more than 90 countries addressing current challenges and future risks in the global economy. Claman began reporting […]
Covering the tax beat
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Robert Snell, a business reporter who covers General Motors at the Detroit News, has one of the most unique side beats in all of business journalism — he focuses on individuals and companies who don’t pay their taxes. Snell writes the “Tax Watchdog” blog for the paper. He focuses on state […]
Laid off from business journalism: Now what?
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Despite being laid off as business editor of the Fresno Bee earlier this year, Mike Nemeth has no regrets about his career in journalism, or his work as a business journalist. “I miss journalism almost every day,” says Nemeth, now nine months after he lost his job. The Bee folded its business news […]
Santa talks labor issues, stimulus
Leigh Kelley, a business reporter with the Hendersonville Times-News in North Carolina, recently sat down for an interview with Santa Claus himself, president and CEO of one of the world’s most successful organizations, “Christmas Inc.” Here is an excerpt: L.K.: You seemed to have a labor relations problem earlier this season with the elves. I […]
PBS covers the unemployment issue, and wins prizes for it
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Earlier this week, PBS NewsHour’s business and economics correspondent Paul Solman won a Business Emmy for Outstanding Coverage Of A Current Business News Story In A Regularly Scheduled Newscast for two reports looking at the “Faces Behind the Unemployment Numbers.†In industry-abandoned East St. Louis, Illinois, “Racial Divide” (which aired May […]
New to business column writing
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Melissa Harris, who began writing the “Chicago Confidential” column for the business section of the Chicago Tribune in September, had no business background before she took the job. Harris came to the Tribune from Baltimore, where she covered criminal justice for The Sun. Before that, she worked in Orlando. Harris has […]
ACBJ CEO talks about the business of business news
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE American City Business Journals CEO Whitney Shaw became the head of the parent company of 40 weekly business newspapers across the country earlier this year after the unexpected death of his father, Ray Shaw. Shaw was previously a senior vice president of the company and president of its sports publishing division. […]
As Dow passes 10,000, Petallides of Fox Business talks the beat
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Nicole Petallides is the floor correspondent at the New York Stock Exchange for Fox Business Network. Prior to joining Fox, she was an anchor at Bloomberg Television where she reported from the New York Stock Exchange for the nationally syndicated shows, Bloomberg Business Report and Bloomberg Market Update. While at Bloomberg, […]
