Covering nuclear plant filing?
The Nieman Watchdog Project has a great list of questions for energy reporters to ask if they’re covering a power company that is thinking about filing to build a nuclear plant. The list can be found here. The Watchdog Project uses North Carolina’s own Duke Power as its example. The School of Journalism and Mass […]
Covering the Xbox 360 frenzy
The CJR Daily blog has an excellent analysis of how some business media didn’t just take what Microsoft was spoonfeeding them in covering the debut of the new Xbox 360 game console. You can read it here. If I can add in my own unscientific 2 cents, it would be this: I have two boys, […]
Shopping stories today
Here is a compilation of day after Thanksgiving shopping stories that I found online this evening: 1. CNN.com’s headline focused on the bargains that retailers were already offering in its story here. 2. The CBS News story online also focused on the bargains as well as estimates from some of the largest retailers that crowds […]
Energy coverage — are we being aggressive?
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, then you know I am currently reading The Empty Tank, which argues that the oil and gas industry have been feeding the general public a lie about how much energy reserves there are in the country. I happen to have an old college drinking buddy who went […]
Forbes writer comments on Peter Drucker
Paul Brown, who worked at the Star-Ledger in Newark and for Forbes, commented on the passing of business management guru Peter Drucker and his impact on his business journalism career on this blog. You can read his comments here.
Christmas retail stories
In six days, the traditional Christmas shopping season will begin on the Friday after Thanksgiving. What this means is that every retail reporter on every business news desk in the country will be trolling the malls and looking for new and unique ways to cover the biggest five weeks of the retail season every year. […]
Business journalism and the K-R bidding
In the letter sent to newspaper chain from Knight-Ridder alumns, a member of the business journalism community and SABEW — Washington & Lee’s Reynolds Professor of Business Journalism Pam Luecke — is among the signers who say they will nominate a slate of new directors for the company’s board. The Knight-Ridder papers have been all […]
Good list of blogs for business journalists
The Wall Street Journal published a list this morning of the best blogs that its reporters use when chasing down stories or in finding information on their beat. The list can be found here. If you cover one of the industries discussed in one of these blogs, then it’s probably worth your while to check […]
The Financial Journalist newsletter last issue
For the past four years, the Certified Financial Analyst Institute in Charlottesville, Va., has published an online newsletter for financial reporters on trends and issues in the investment world. You can see the November issue here. However, this will be the last issue. The explanation given was: “For the past four years, the Financial Journalist […]
Nice story from an S-4
For those of you who have heard me lecture about finding stories in SEC filings, you know that one of my biggest pet peeves in business journalism is the fact that reporters don’t look enough at Form S-4 filings and other SEC filings related to mergers and acquisitions to write the behind-the-scenes story related to […]
