No biz reporter ever says, “I want to cover the insurance industry”
Jim Romenesko has excerpted some parts of an interview that New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg did with Longform.org about journalism and his career. Here is an excerpt: On interviewing with the New York Times “I went in and I said, ‘I want to apply for the telcom job.’ We talked about telecom. I […]
NYTimes edit shakeup and business coverage
Joe Hagan of New York magazine writes Friday about the looking changes among top editors at The New York Times and reports on changes that will affect some business coverage and previous business editors. Hagan writes, “Abramson is offering some senior editors alternate jobs, presumably at reduced salaries. Glenn Kramon, an assistant managing editor who […]
NYTimes’ Barstow makes each byline count
David Barstow of The New York Times had two bylines in 2012. But those two stories have shaken the world’s largest retailer and what investors and consumers think about it. The first story, published on April 21, disclosed how Wal-Mart’s Mexican operations were using bribes to expand their business. Through nearly 8,000 words, Barstow’s expose […]
Barstow, Grow are co-Business Journalists of the Year
The bread and butter of business journalism is company coverage. A good business journalist knows how to cover a company inside and out. He or she has great sources inside and outside a company. He or she also writes stories that aren’t spoon-fed to them by the company’s PR staff. Those stories are fair while […]
NYTimes names new London economics correspondent
Outgoing business editor Larry Ingrassia and incoming business editor Dean Murphy of The New York Times sent out the following staff announcement on Wednesday: After two plum assignments – in Detroit and Albany – Danny Hakim is taking a turn at a hardship posting, as Business Day’s European economic correspondent based in London, […]
Wal-Mart, the New York Times and SEC filings
Michelle Leder of Footnoted.org has an interesting post on Tuesday noting that Wal-Mart Stores warned in its 10-Q filing two weeks ago about the New York Times article that ran Tuesday about its Mexican operations. Leder writes, “As with most of what we find, we’ll often flag something, and wait for events to unfold. Sometimes, […]
The access and accountability balancing act in business journalism
Dean Starkman of Columbia Journalism Review writes about the balancing act of access and accountability by most business journalists in the wake of New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia announcing last week he was moving to another job at the paper. Starkman writes, “Like I say, it’s a balancing act. And that absolutely means […]
NYT’s DealBook conference was chummy
New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan writes Thursday that the paper’s DealBook conference was a chance for some of its business journalists to get chummy with sources. Sullivan writes, “Was the event too chummy, too clubby, and is DealBook itself that way, too? “‘I don’t think there’s any truth to that,’ Mr. Sorkin said. […]
NYT names Murphy new biz editor
New York Times managing editor Jill Abramson sent the following staff announcement out on Wednesday afternoon: I am pleased to announce that Dean Murphy will be the next editor of Business Day. Dean is one of our most accomplished editors, a staunch advocate for reporters and a fine writer himself. He has a wonderful eye […]
Trying to make sense of housing
There were two interesting stories in this weekend’s New York Times. One pointing out that mortgage lawsuits are still weighing on banks, and thus lending. The other talking about how large investors are moving into the real estate market. Let’s take a closer look at the situation. Here’s the consumer and banking side, according to […]
