Is coverage causing volatility?
Roger Ehrenberg, an investor who blogs on his Infortmation Arbitrage site, wonders whether media coverage of the current financial crisis is causing the stock market’s volatility. Ehrenberg writes, “Every day, whether you are watching CNBC, CNN, Fox Business News or the online equivalents, there are countless numbers of talking heads discussing their views with passion […]
Stock market headlines all sound alike
Derek Donovan, the readers’ representative at the Kansas City Star, notes that the paper’s headlines about the stock market all seem to be similar. Donovan writes, “Just today, you have ‘Dow drops as investors worry’ on A-1 and ‘Investors’ anxiety fuels dips’ on C-1. Yesterday saw ‘Disappointing earnings outlooks fuel dip; But analysts say investor […]
Henriques: NYT did stellar job in warning about financial crisis
Diana Henriques, a senior financial writer at the New York Times, spoke at Southern Methodist University on Tuesday about how the business media covered the financial crisis and noted that her paper did a fine job of sounding the alarm. Chris Dell, a reporter at the SMU Daily Mustang, wrote, “So, who was to blame […]
Jenna Lee and the "anchor babe" label
Chuck Barney of the Contra Costa Times in California profiles Fox Business Network anchor Jenna Lee, who calls the “anchor babe” label flattering but prefers to be known for her coverage of the financial meltdown. Barney writes, “What Lee, 28, has relied on in recent weeks is her smarts, her hustle and her stamina to […]
Marketplace's irreverent coverage of the financial crisis
Deborah Netburn of the Los Angeles Times writes about “Marketplace,” the public radio show about business, and its unique spin on the current financial crisis. Netburn writes, “The economy has become our national obsession, and for the public-radio listener, ‘Marketplace,’ the 20-year-old business program from American Public Media, has never been more relevant. “Or, it […]
Biz magazines providing perspective during economic turmoil
John Koblin of the New York Observer writes Wednesday about how the business magazines are able to compete against the business networks and daily newspapers in explaining what’s going on during economic turmoil. Koblin writes, “Operating between the screaming financial pundits on the two-headed cable-financial-news dragon of CNBC and Fox Business Network, who have to […]
NYT beats FT and WSJ in photographing the financial crisis
Elinore Longobardi of the Columbia Journalism Review has an excellent analysis of the photography being used to illustrate the current financial turmoil, and says that the New York Times has done the best job. Longobardi writes, “The Times has long had a strong tradition of photojournalism, and an estimable staff of in-house photographers. That experience […]
Are CNBC's graphics scaring investors?
That’s the question being asked by Gary Woods, a retired journalist and direct marketing professional, who writes into Broadcasting & Cable about CNBC‘s “Is your Money Safe?” graphic. Woods writes, “I believe this is a very serious matter. While this graphic has been flashing tens of thousands of times in the past several months, the […]
The biggest financial story that we'll ever have
David Folkenflik reports for National Public Radio how business news cable network CNBC has adjusted its coverage during the economic turmoil. Folkenflik writes, “In normal times, CNBC is hyper-focused on individual stocks. These aren’t normal times, and some stories just skate by these days. Reporters and anchors volunteered such topics as whether IBM or Hewlett-Packard […]
Where is Rukeyser when we need him the most?
Mary Pitman Kitch of The Oregonian in Portland writes Thursday about how much she misses Louis Rukeyser and his business news show on PBS that ran for three decades. Rukeyser died in 2006. Kitch writes, “But the dapper host of ‘Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser’ was also a very shrewd business reporter. He was […]
