Bloomberg’s Winkler encourages biz publications to cover public debt
Weekly business newspapers and business magazines should cover more stories about city, county and state debt offerings, said Bloomberg editor in chief emeritus Matthew Winkler in a speech Friday morning. “This is something that not just Bloomberg News should do, but state and local businesses and news organizations should be thinking about,” said Winkler. Winkler, […]
Bloomberg editors: Our Supreme Court coverage rocks
Bloomberg senior executive editor Marty Schenker and chief content officer Josh Tyrangiel sent the following memo to the Washington office this afternoon: To the DC Bureau Without losing sight of the large stakes for America, the Obama administration history, and all that, the last two days have provided shining examples of the excellence of our […]
Hospitals ban newspaper in gift shops after coverage
Some UPMC hospitals are banning the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from sale in their gift shops, a move UPMC spokesman Paul Wood said was precipitated by “fairness issues” in the newspaper’s coverage of the health system. Steve Twedt of the Post-Gazette writes, “UPMC officials did not respond Tuesday to questions asking which specific stories they found objectionable. […]
The FT and experimenting with journalism
Chris Sutcliffe of The Media Briefing writes about how the Financial Times is experimenting putting content on Facebook and putting requests on Reddit and LinkedIn for sources. Sutcliffe writes, “The FT’s interactive data journalist Robin Kwong told TheMediaBriefing that while the perception of the FT as an authoritative voice is vital to its brand, it […]
Government agency asked for Bloomberg reporter’s employment contract
Jim Snyder and Danielle Ivory of Bloomberg News examine how federal government agencies have failed to comply with requests to provide details and expenses of travel, going as far as to threaten reporters who have asked for the information. Snyder and Ivory write, “One Bloomberg reporter filed a 2012 request for information on gifts to […]
The business editor who took a restaurant reservation
Tony Dobrowolski, the business editor of The Berkshire Eagle, writes about some of the strange phone calls he has handled from readers. Dobrowolski writes, “I frequently receive calls from people seeking information about restaurants I may have written about, and how they can make reservations. One person even left a reservation request on my voice […]
The trade publication that broke the S&L scandal story
Rob Wells is a PhD student at the University of Maryland and a former business journalist for the Associated Press and Dow Jones Newswires. His paper, “A Strong Sense of Outrage: Stan Strachan, The National Thrift News and The Savings and Loan Crisis,” recently won first place in the student division for history for AEJMC, […]
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 […]
Frankie Flack: In defense of flackery
There is this guy, Dave, who plays on my softball team. He thinks I have the world’s worst job because I have to interact with the media. “Hate those guys,” he tells me. “Useless, all of them. No faith in those guys at all.” Every time he starts railing on the media, I have to […]
Financial journalists more optimistic about profession
Financial journalists have become more optimistic about their profession than they were a year ago, according to survey results released Wednesday. Forty-four percent expressed a positive outlook about their work, up from 32 percent a year ago, according to the 2015 Gorkana Survey of Financial Journalists of more than 400 business journalists. They survey was […]
