Politician complains about SEC leaks to biz reporters

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling criticized the SEC for leaks to the news media in a letter to SEC Chair Mary Jo White this week, reports Eamon Javers of CNBC. Javers writes, “Of particular concern to Hensarling was the ability of CNBC and The Hill newspaper to obtain copies of a non-public investigative […]

The SEC is hurting business journalism

Sheila S. Coronel, the dean of academic affairs at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, writes for Columbia Journalism Review about how a recent Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into a leak could have a harmful affect on future business journalism. Coronel writes, “It must have been unnerving for the SEC staff to be […]

Meet a rising star at Fox Business Network

Jo Ling Kent, who joined Fox Business Network as a reporter in May 2013, is a rising star. She has recently been added to Maria Bartiromo’s “Opening Bell,” and she’s been covering the massive upcoming Alibaba IPO. Prior to joining Fox Business, Kent served as an on-air reporter for NBC’s owned and operated station WVIT-TV […]

Finke duped by false tip

Entertainment business reporter Nikki Finke was duped into believing a false tip about a new Ghostbusters movie, reports Ian Mohr of the New York Post. Mohr writes, “Dangling the carrot further, one ‘tipster’ claimed Deadline was running the Landis story the next day. Another begged Finke not to run the story as it was promised […]

Sageworks makes private company data available to biz reporters

Sageworks, a financial information company, announced Tuesday that its industry data on privately held companies is now available to journalists free of charge. Members of the media can now access the most up-to-date data on the sales, profit and debt trends of private companies in 17 primary industry categories — including manufacturing, retail, construction, health […]

Bryant on writing the “Corner Office”

Adam Bryant, who writes the “Corner Office” for the New York Times, was interviewed by David J. Parnell of Forbes.com about how he writes his regular column. Here is an excerpt: Parnell: Why did you start Corner Office? Bryant: I was a business reporter here at the [New York] Times for many years throughout the […]

Horse business reporter has his dream job

Gregory Hall, who has been covering the horse business and agriculture for the Louisville Courier-Journal since 2005, writes about his dream job. Hall writes, “Basically all I ever wanted to do in journalism was cover the horse industry for The Courier-Journal. Here I sit doing just that, since late 2005, counting my blessings (and cursing […]

Frankie Flack: Dear biz writers, your bourbon coverage sucks

Most of my issues with business journals are relatively minor. Sure: I’d like to see broader coverage of my clients. I’d like to see a little more variety in story structure. But it’s no big deal. But I do have a major beef. You guys are messing with my bourbon, and you need to knock […]

Reuters and its GM scoop

Earlier this month, Reuters exclusively reported that at least 74 people have died in General Motors cars in accidents with some key similarities to those that GM has linked to 13 deaths involving defective ignition switches. The scoop was the result of a Reuters analysis of government fatal-crash data, which also showed that such accidents […]