NBC unit launches work and finance beta site
A division of NBC has rolled out a beta site called WorkGoesStrong.com that offer finance and work advice aimed at people between the ages of 45 and 64. The site is a sister to similar Web portals being operated by Digital Works@NBCU, a division of iVillage Networks. The umbrella site, LifeGoesStrong.com, was launched in May […]
Personal finance reporting and what it means
Personal finance journalist Kerry Hannon writes on Forbes.com about why she got into the beat and what she likes about it. Hannon writes, “I relished interviewing CEOs of billion dollar corporations like global foodie Pittsburgh, Pa.-based H.J. Heinz Company, chemical and pharmaceutical giant, Bayer AG, and Shaw Industries, the world’s largest carpet manufacturer, now a […]
Detroit personal finance columnist wins award
Brian J. O’Connor, personal finance columnist for The Detroit News, has been named winner of the Christopher J. Welles Memorial Prize at Columbia University. The award goes to an exemplary piece of business journalism produced in the last 12 months by an alumnus of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship. O’Connor, a Knight-Bagehot Fellow from the class of […]
Massachusetts paper adds consumer advocate column
The New Bedford Standard-Times in Massachusetts is adding a consumer advocate column that will appear in its Wednesday paper and will be written by business reporter Brian Boyd. Editor Bob Unger writes, “We will call it ‘SouthCoast 411,’ where Boyd will answer your requests for information about a consumer problem or question. If you are […]
Minnesota paper changes weekend biz section
Jay Furst, the managing editor of the Rochester Post-Bulletin in Minnesota, writes about changes to the paper’s weekend business section. Furst writes, “Your Money, which replaces the current Business section, will be all about personal finance, and here’s where the Wall Street Journal comes in. The Journal, as you likely know, is the Bible of […]
Call the troubleshooter
John Drescher, the editor of The (Raleigh) News & Observer, writes Saturday about the paper’s consumer reporter, Leah Friedman, who has been helping readers fix problems with companies for the past two years. Drescher writes, “She gets 10 to 12 tips a week. ‘I try to listen to everyone who calls,’ said Friedman, 33, who […]
Dealnews.com names editorial director
Beth Pinsker Gladstone, former editor of AOL WalletPop, has been named editorial director of Dealnews.com, according to a release Tuesday. In her new role, Pinsker Gladstone will be responsible for increasing coverage of trends and analysis in the online and retail shopping arenas. She will also oversee the development and distribution of content related to […]
Personal finance story winners named
The McGraw-Hill Companies 2010 Personal Finance Journalism Awards will go to journalists from Mercado De Dinero, Telemundo and The Hartford Guardian for coverage of consumer debt and the housing crisis. The winners are: * First Place: Elizabeth Ostos for her article “Credit consolidation in a country in debt” in monthly newspaper Mercado de Dinero. The […]
Former Oakland Tribune biz editor, columnist dies
Cliff Pletschet, whose personal investment columns appeared in the Oakland Tribune and other Bay Area News Group newspapers for more than 30 years until this spring, died Sunday in Oakland. He was 80. A story on the Contra Costa Times site states, “Pletschet also served as business editor for the Oakland Tribune, but his real […]
WSJ.com names deputy personal finance editor
Jonathan Krim, the senior deputy managing editor of WSJ.com, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday morning: “We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Merritt has been named deputy personal finance editor for the Wall Street Journal Digital Network. “Jennifer is joining a burgeoning team that will carry us forward in the wake of the […]
