How Apple controls the biz media
John Martellaro, a former Apple senior marketing manager, writes on the Mac Observer site about how the company uses the business media for its own gains. Martellaro writes, “The way it works is that a senior exec will come in and say, ‘We need to release this specific information. John, do you have a trusted […]
Cavuto talks business journalism
Fox Business Network‘s Neil Cavuto talkes with NewsPro’s Elizabeth Jensen about how he got into business journalism and other parts of his career. Here is an excerpt: NewsPro: Viewer interest in business television tends to go up with the market, and down with it as well; consumer viewers just don’t want to be reminded of […]
Analyst to restrict media access
Banking analyst Richard Bove plans to restrict his appearances on business news channels such as CNBC and Fox Business Network and limit journalist access to his research reports, writes Brendan Conway of Dow Jones Newswires. Conway writes, “Selected reports will be available to the media on a case-by-case basis. But the full research reports will […]
Business news that's fit to print
Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times was answering questions from readers this past week, including this one about when business journalists decide ro go with information. Q. How do you know the difference between what’s “fit to print” and what is confidential or inside information? Is there a line in the sand? Do […]
The art of the CEO interview
Jon Friedman of Marketwatch.com has a nice interview with financial journalist Duff McDonald about his new book, “Last Man Standing,” about J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. What’s most intriguing is how McDonald got Dimon to open up about his former mentor, Sandy Weill. Friedman writes, “McDonald recognized that Dimon would be guarded when it […]
Black, white and shades of gray
Damien Hoffman of Wall St. Cheat Sheet interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman about her career and how she has covered the markets and companies during the current economic crisis. Here is an excerpt: How has your personal reporting strategy helped you separate yourself from the basic reporting that tends occur in financial journalism? […]
The dominant entertainment biz reporter
Tad Friend of The New Yorker profiles Nikki Finke, whose blog Deadline Hollywood Daily on the business of entertainment has become a must-read for executives. Friend writes, “In recent years, as her fame has increased, she has felt so vulnerable to public scrutiny that she no longer sees her subjects at all. But in seclusion […]
Common excuses from a biz reporter who misses a story
Mark Lacter, who writes LABiz Observed, has a list of top excuses that business reporters make when they get beaten on a story. They include: –Reflexively dismiss the scoop (“Just more of the same – there’s nothing new here” is the common refrain). –Deride the source of the scoop (as CNBC’s David Faber did with […]
The evolution of the energy beat
Curtis Brainerd and Cristine Russell write in the latest issue of Columbia Journalism Review about how the energy beat has changed to become more political, global, environmental and local. Brainerd and Russell write, “But perhaps the most important thing for journalists to bring to this new energy beat is the right mindset. The shift from […]
Good biz journalism on Sesame Street
Ryan Chittum of the Columbia Journalism Review likes how the PBS show “Sesame Street” explained how the current economic turmoil has affected families. Chittum writes, “I only saw the last forty minutes or so of the one-hour special, so don’t consider this a full review. But let me tell you what I saw: Poignant stories […]
