Morgenson: Better to be a biz journalist because of public information
New York Times business journalist Gretchen Morgenson spoke earlier this week at the Page One Awards in Minneapolis. Here is an excerpt: More important, if you want to gain respect inside the journalistic community and even from those you cover, that’s far easier to do by being a tough but fair reporter than it is […]
What Gretchen Morgenson learned at Forbes
Dave Beal of MinnPost.com interviewed New York Times business reporter and columnist Gretchen Morgenson about her career and about covering Wall Street improprieties. Here is an excerpt: MP: A few years later, you went to Forbes. What’s the biggest thing you learned from Jim Michaels, the longtime editor there? GM: Jim Michaels was a very […]
NY Times ramps up search to replace David Carr
The New York Times is zeroing in on a replacement for media columnist David Carr, who died earlier this year in the newsroom, reports Brian Steinberg andBrent Lang of Variety. Steinberg and Lang report, “The final choice is a critical one for the Gray Lady, which has seen a number of experienced media reporters leave […]
Fortune, NY Times among Deadline Club winners for biz journalism
Fortune and the New York Times were among the financial news media that won 2015 awards from the Deadline Club. The winners were announced Tuesday night in New York. Peter Elkind and Marty Jones of Fortune won the award for best business feature for “Citizenship for Sale,” which examined how rich foreigners are able to […]
Smith, former NY Times biz reporter, dies at 79
William D. Smith, a former New York Times business reporter who later worked for Exxon, died earlier this month at the age of 79. Daniel Slotnik of the Times writes, “As a business reporter, Mr. Smith, who joined The Times in 1962, covered the energy crisis in the early 1970s and accompanied the tanker Manhattan […]
WSJ named most influential biz news outlet; Sorkin is most influential biz journalist
The Wall Street Journal remains the most influential financial news organization in the country for the third year in a row, according to survey results released Wednesday. The Journal was nominated as the most influential news organization by 85.4 percent of the more than 400 financial journalists who responded to the survey. That’s up from […]
Coverage: NY Times Co. posts loss
The New York Times Co. reported a first quarter loss on Thursday. Despite being in the red, many pundits managed to find some areas that were looking up. Bloomberg even ran a headline talking about digital growth instead of focusing on the losses. Gerry Smith’s story for Bloomberg focused on the digital subscriber growth – […]
NYT’s names Duhigg leader of events/conference business
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet and editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal sent out the following announcement on Thursday: We are pleased to announce that Charles Duhigg, one of our most acclaimed financial writers, will become the newsroom’s leader for an events and conferences business that builds on our journalism and authority. Charles will […]
Andrew Ross Sorkin: Money is the prism of everything.
Capital New York talked with Andrew Ross Sorkin of CNBC and the New York Times’ Dealbook about his work. Here is an excerpt: CAPITAL: Between “Squawk Box” and this primetime special, do you try to put on different hats when you do these different shows? SORKIN: I would say that my whole career is effectively […]
Syracuse to honor NYT’s David Carr
Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will honor late New York Times columnist David Carr with the i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence at the annual Mirror Awards ceremony June 11 in New York City. For 25 years until his death earlier this year, Carr wrote about media as it intersects with […]
