What experience do biz reporters have with business?
New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia responds to a reader’s questions about whether the workers on its business desk have actual business experience. Ingrassia wrote, “The Internet has changed our comfortable business model. Many papers are slashing their staffs. A few have even closed, or become online only publications. I firmly believe The Times […]
The blogs that cover the tech industry — with rumors and fact
Damon Darlin of the New York Times writes Saturday about the blogs such as Silicon Alley Insider, Gizmodo and TechCrunch that cover the technology industry. Darlin writes, “But seeking credibility may be a less-important strategy for the blogs at this stage. Mr. Arrington, a lawyer, is quick to point out that he has no journalism […]
The ethics of NYTimes economics reporter Edmund Andrews
New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt addresses the ethical considerations behind allowing economics reporter Edmund Andrews to write about his personal money problems related to a subprime mortgage at the same time he covers economic policy for the paper. Hoyt writes, “Baquet said he saw no conflict in Andrews’s personal situation and his beat, […]
Trump vs. the book author update
Alex Frangos of The Wall Street Journal writes Monday about real estate mogul Donald Trump’s deposition in his defamation suit against New York Times Sunday business editor Timothy O’Brien. O’Brien wrote a book about Trump several years ago and estimated his net worth at much lower than what Trump believes the number is. Frangos writes, […]
Wired's success doesn't translate into advertising
Stephanie Clifford writes for Monday’s New York Times about how Wired magazine’s success under editor Chris Anderson — it won three National Magazine Awards this year — hasn’t resulted in advertising revenue. It’s down 50 percent in advertising so far this year. Clifford writes, “Mr. Anderson focuses just on the magazine, and does not oversee […]
The problem with Buffett's relationship with biz journalists
Yvette Kantrow, the executive editor of The Deal, finds plenty to fault with Warren Buffett’s recent decision to have three business journalists — Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times, Becky Quick of CNBC and Carol Loomis of Fortune — ask the questions at his company’s annual meeting. Kantrow writes, “By so doing, the […]
Biz journalists debate Twitter usage — using Twitter
There’s been quite a Tweet-off on Thursday between Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Alan Murray, New York Times Sunday business editor Tim O’Brien and new media expert Jeff Jarvis, who teaches at the City University of New York journalism program, about the proper usage of Twitter in reporting stories. The issue has come up […]
Emmott, Ingrassia to receive business journalism awards
Bill Emmott, the former editor in chief of The Economist, and Larry Ingrassia, the business editor of the New York Times, were named to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lawrence Minard Editor Award, respectively. The awards are given annually as part of the Loeb Awards. Emmott retired in 2006 after 13 years in […]
Loeb finalists announced
The finalists for the 2009 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism were announced Wednesday morning. The Loeb Awards are the highest honors in business journalism. They were established in 1957 by Gerald Loeb, a founding partner of E. F. Hutton, to encourage quality reporting in the areas of business, finance and the […]
NYTimes coverage of sister paper Boston Globe is lacking
Clark Hoyt, the public editor of the New York Times, writes Sunday that the paper didn’t push hard enough in its coverage of the potential closing of the Boston Globe, which the Times’ parent owns. Hoyt writes, “Alex Jones, the director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard […]
