Talking crisis strategy when dealing with business journalists
Monty Hagler is president and chief executive officer of RLF Communications in Greensboro, N.C. Hagler has worked on both the agency and the corporate side of communications for Trone, Capstrat and First Union, now Wells Fargo. In an email interview with Talking Biz News, Hagler discusses forming a strategy for dealing with a crisis as […]
Working the M&A beat at Bloomberg
Alex Sherman is a reporter at Bloomberg’s New York headquarters. He started at Bloomberg in 2008 as an intern out of graduate school and has since worked in a variety of roles and covered a number of beats. Now, he covers mergers and acquisitions in the technology, media and telecom sectors. He spoke with Bloomberg […]
Naked Capitalism blogger files public records lawsuit against Calpers
Susan Webber, who operates the Naked Capitalism blog about financial and economics news writing under the pseudonym Yves Smith, has filed a lawsuit against the California Public Employees’ Retirement Systems for failing to respond to a public records request. Webber argues that Calpers gave the information she is requesting about its investments and financial performance […]
Immersive storytelling at The Wall Street Journal
John Crowley, digital editor The Wall Street Journal, shared his tips for immersive storytelling at a recent digital journalism conference. Abigail Edge of journalism.co.uk writes, “He also noted that although WSJ London does not have the same resources as the outlet’s New York office, you do not need ‘a cast of thousands’ to produce engaging […]
What “no comment” means when covering M&A
Dan Primack of Fortune.com writes about the semantics of “no comment” from a company CEO who may or may not be involved in negotiating a merger or acquisition. Primack writes, “I don’t begrudge anyone their opinion (including about me), but I do feel that there may be a fundamental misunderstanding about what ‘no comment’ usually […]
Winkler: Data has helped make Bloomberg News successful
Bloomberg News is successful partly because it uses data to tell stories that no one else covers, said editor in chief Matthew Winkler in a speech Wednesday at Stanford University. Edward Ngai of the Stanford Daily writes, “In a brief question and answer period, Winkler touched briefly on some of the pressing issues facing business […]
WSJ wins ruling related to phone hacking case
The Wall Street Journal has won a ruling allowing it to fully report on the Rebekah Brooks phone-hacking trial without having to sign a document that it will abide by reporting restrictions imposed by the judge. Lisa O’Carroll of The Guardian writes, “This ruling raises the prospect of the New York-based financial newspaper, owned by […]
Snapchat CEO and Forbes clash over cover story
The 23-year-old CEO of Snapchat criticized journalists on Twitter Monday morning, claiming that some details in a recent Forbes cover story about his startup were misreported, but Forbes responded hours later with a transcript from Spiegel’s interview with the story’s author, reporter J.J. Colao, essentially proving that Spiegel misled the publication during its reporting. Kurt […]
When labor and the biz media meet
Judy Ancel of LaborNotes.org writes about how labor leaders and the business media that cover them in Kansas City have met every month for breakfast since 1988. Ancel writes,At first, getting union officers to attend an open forum with media was a tough sell. Most didn’t trust the media and hadn’t thought about how to […]
Challenges facing young business journalists
In the last installment of this series, we’ll look at some of the challenges that young business journalists face in today’s media landscape. A common theme running through all five installments is the recognition that avoiding errors is a journalist’s first responsibility. News moves faster, farther and wider than ever before, and given the ever-increasing […]
