PR and business journalists
Norm Bell, the editor of the Hartford Business Journal, writes about the communications relationship between public relations professionals and business journalists. Bell writes, “We find interesting ways to make errors. And we don’t need help. “We’ve been wrestling with some problems associated with sloppy public relations work. When we wrote a web item for HBJ […]
Lessons in retail reporting
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs talks about mistakes in business reporting about Best Buy and Bed Beth & Beyond.
CNN's Velshi criticized for loan modification story
Bank of America is upset with CNN chief business correspondent Ali Velshi, who reported recently about a Philadelphia-area man who received a modified loan that kept him in his house, reports Jeff Blumenthal of the Philadelphia Business Journal. “Michael McKeever of Goldbeck McCafferty & McKeever, Bank of America’s law firm in the matter, said the […]
Tatge talks business journalism writing
Ohio University professor Mark Tatge recent compiled “The New York Times Reader: Business & Economics,” published last month by CQ Press. The book uses stories from the New York Times business desk to explain complex business topics in a way that the average person can understand. Tatge’s book looks at how these reporters balance compelling analysis and historical perspective, […]
Utah papers fail in covering Overstock.com
Former BusinessWeek investigative reporter Gary Weiss writes that the daily newspapers in Utah have fallen down on the job when it comes to covering online retailer Overstock.com. Weiss writes, “Now, we can’t expect reporters to be accountants. But we do expect reporters to call accountants when confronted with companies that have a history of making […]
ProPublica to help local reporters find struggling homeowners
The following announcement was sent out Thursday by Mike Webb, director of communications of ProPublica.org: “ProPublica is launching a new project where we hope to pair local journalists with struggling homeowners in the loan modification program. We’re doing this because more than 800 homeowners have shared their stories with us about the numerous problems they’ve […]
Ex-WSJ reporter's tips for covering companies and industries
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Sarah McBride, a Wall Street Journal reporter for 13 years before leaving earlier this year with a buyout offer, spoke to students interested in business journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and provided the following reporting tips. Tips on covering a company 1. Get to know board […]
Covering the Toyota recall
Los Angeles Times business reporter Ken Bensinger talks Sunday about how the paper begin its coverage of the safety problems with Toyota. The Times has been ahead of most media in covering this story. Bensinger was talking on a panel at the annual Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference.
NYTimes exploring all technologies, not worried about Google or WSJ
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The New York Times is not worried about what technology it uses to reach its readers as long as it reaches them, Arthur Sulzberger, chairman and publisher of the Times, said on Saturday. Sulzberger said he had no problem using Apple, Google, Microsoft and other software companies despite complaints from other […]
Using better Google for journalists
Sean Carlson from Google has held sessions Friday and Saturday at the annual Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference on how journalists can use the search engine more effectively. Here are some of his tips: 1. Don’t worry about capitalization. In addition, put minus (-) in front of words whose meaning you’re not […]
