Frankie Flack: Ben Bradlee, you ignorant slut
All the reporters in my Twitter feed are linking, during this sad week of Ben Bradlee’s death at the age of 93, to a Washington Post post titled “A classic Ben Bradlee letter to ‘flacks.’” Bradlee has been responsible for a lot of things we can call “classic.” This ain’t one of them. The brief […]
Three-time Loeb winner celebrates 40 years of reporting
Byron Harris, a reporter with WFAA-TV in Dallas and a three-time Gerald Loeb winner, is celebrating 40 years of working for the station. Jason Trahan of WFAA writes, “Byron Harris won two Peabody awards, four national Edward R. Murrow Awards, and three Gerald Loeb Awards for distinguished business reporting. “Last year, Harris won his sixth […]
A new way of covering corporate earnings
Marketwatch.com editor in chief Jeremy Olshan earlier this month told Talking Biz News that the financial news site was “experimenting with a better way to cover earnings seasons and the sometimes questionable pronouncements of CEOs, which will be a kind of corporate Politifact.” On Monday, Marketwatch posted a prototype of this new earnings story. The […]
Claman of Fox Business on the art of interviewing
Jennifer Kamm of Haute Living interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman on her career and asked her about her interviewing technique. Here is an excerpt: You’ve interviewed so many big names like Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates. Is there anyone you have always wanted to interview that you have not yet? He’s […]
How a business journalist can improve in social media
Sapna Maheshwari covers retail for BuzzFeed News, which launched a vertical for business news in May 2013. Before that, she worked at Bloomberg News from 2009 to 2013. Her first year was spent as a rotating reporter exposing her to a variety of topics including currencies, insurance and stocks. She then covered corporate credit before […]
Credibility just as important for PR with biz reporters
Financial public relations spans many types of assets and clients, and that’s something Justin Perras has explored throughout his career. This summer, he joined the asset management division of a global bank. Before that he worked in-house for a large investment bank as well as for a New York agency specializing in financial clients. He […]
Insight: Earnings season tis upon us
It might not have the cookies, Yule logs or man in a big, red suit, but earnings season is almost as good as Christmas for any business journalist. This week alone 60 companies are set to release their earnings, but that’s just the beginning of the festivities. One hundred and seventy-five companies are preparing releases […]
New to the job: The life of a young business reporter
Alex Dixon earned degrees in reporting and economics with a minor in creative writing from UNC-Chapel Hill in May 2014. He’s currently the only business reporter at The (Durham) Herald-Sun, a job he started in July. While a student, Dixon worked with publications including Our State Magazine, The Daily Tar Heel and founded Carolina Eats, […]
Frankie Flack: Why I don’t want my name in your biz story
Every once in a while, I fire up Factiva, my news-clipping database, and do a quick search for my name. Unlike everyone else who ego-searches the news, I’m not looking for a mention. I’m looking for a blank screen. I’m successful when I’m invisible. It’s not my job to be quoted. I’m an agency flack. […]
Marketwatch editor: Most stories will now be less than 400 words
Jeremy Olshan was named the editor in chief of Marketwatch.com in May, and he raised eyebrows earlier this month when he banned photos of Wall Street traders on the stock market floor from the website. Before becoming editor, Olshan was MarketWatch’s personal finance editor and had been responsible for the site’s fastest-growing coverage area and […]
