The demise of personal finance magazines? Not at Kiplinger’s
Knight A. Kiplinger, editor in chief, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, wonders why some people who “gladly pay $4 for a latte at Starbucks — sometimes every day — balk at paying even $1 for an issue of a useful magazine.” Hal Morris, writing on his Grumpy editor blog about Kiplinger’s note in the October issue, […]
Reuters, WSJ, Milwaukee and Detroit papers among Loeb winners
Felix Salmon of Reuters and The Wall Street Journal are winners of Gerald Loeb Awards, considered the Pulitzer Prizes of business journalism. Salmon won in the blogging category. Reuters also won in the news service category for “Shell Games” by Brian Grow, Kelly Carr, Laurence Fletcher, Nanette Byrnes, Matthew Bigg, Joshua Schneyer, Cynthia Johnston and […]
Speaking to audiences that don’t grasp financial news
Teresa Novellino of the Upstart Business Journal writes about former CNBC anchor Nicole Lapin, who has started her own media company called Nothing But Gold providing personal finance content. Novellino writes, “Her company added editorial and sales employees one by one and now has a team of 10 working remotely and attending meetings at her […]
USA Today personal finance writer moves to Kiplinger’s
Sandra Block has left her position as a personal finance reporter and has started at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. She had been with USA Today since December 1995. She is now a senior associate editor at Kiplinger’s. “I’m going to be covering a range of personal finance topics at Kiplinger’s,” said Block in an e-mail to […]
ICFJ offers online financial journalism course
The International Center for Journalists will offer two online courses in English and Spanish on covering marketing concepts such as how to plan for retirement, understanding your 401k, stock and bond markets, mutual funds and private and public companies, among others. These courses will be available to U.S. journalists who report in minority communities. The […]
CNBC’s Orman unfazed by criticism
Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman writes Friday that CNBC personal finance guru Suze Orman isn’t bothered by criticism levied at her for rolling out her own debit card. Friedman writes, “For instance, personal-finance writer Kathy Kristof wrote on CBS MoneyWatch: ‘The only reason the card is worth talking about is because Suze is the queen […]
Covering the business of debt via blogging
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Steve Rhode is using his personal finance experiences to cover the debt industry like no one else. Rhode, 52, started GetoutofDebt.org in 2009, a blog that aggressively reports and investigates debt consolidation and debt advice businesses. From his home in the Raleigh area, he posts about five stories a day as […]
Is Suze Orman leaving CNBC?
Jon Friedman of Marketwatch.com has interviewed CNBC personal finance expert Suze Orman and talked with her about her future career plans. Friedman writes, “When envisioning her future activities, Orman said: ‘I wouldn’t be doing my CNBC show.’ “Before the tabloids start to concoct any false reports of a feud, though, Orman stressed there are no […]
WSJ’s Personal Journal adds recurring themes
Emily Nelson, editor of Personal Journal, and Mike Miller, deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Tuesday: This week you’ll see a new look for Personal Journal, as we follow on the success of our Health & Wellness focus on Tuesday with new themes for […]
Family first over business journalism
Katherine Rosman, a technology reporter for The Wall Street Journal, writes about why she is stopping writing the paper’s Checks & Balances about family personal finance after one year. Rosman writes, “But it also has been a source of tension. As a writer, I know well that the only way to successfully put these columns […]
