Loeb Award winner Rothacker talks about covering banking
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Charlotte Observer banking reporter Rick Rothacker won a Gerald Loeb Award last week in the beat reporting category for his coverage of Wachovia, the Charlotte-based bank that was sold last year to Wells Fargo. Rotahcker, a Northwestern University graduate, joined the Observer in 1998 and became the banking reporter in 2001. He […]
CNBC's Faber on long-form reporting, why he likes his job
Jason Boog of GalleyCat caught up with CNBC‘s David Faber at an event for his new book and asked him about his documentary pieces on the network. Boog writes, “‘There’s so much interest, source material, and reporting that I did for CNBC, so there was an opportunity to make a book out of it … if […]
Biz journalists and their sources
Amanda Ernst of Fishbowl NY covered the panel on business journalism’s performance leading up to the economic crisis at Columbia University on Tuesday and noted that a lot of the question-and-answer period focused on journalists and their sources. Ernst writes, “The rest of the night’s discussion — which lasted for an hour plus almost an hour […]
NPR biz reporter taken to woodshed
National Public Radio ombudsman Alicia Shepard writes Wednesday about the unprofessional behavior of Planet Money reporter Adam Davidson during a podcast with the TARP watchdog. Shepard writes, “Yet when he and Planet Money’s Alex Blumberg edited down the 74-minute interview into a 13-minute podcast segment, they kept only the pyrotechnics: Davidson and Warren raising their […]
Using Twitter in business journalism
Andrew Dunn, an intern on the business news desk of the Charlotte Observer, writes about using Twitter helps him be a better business reporter. Dunn writes, “The first thing I did when I was assigned the story about companies using Twitter was to post a question on the site asking for good examples of local […]
Why didn't the biz media question Dell's one-time charge?
Marek Fuchs of TheStreet.com posts a video about how business journalists didn’t question Dell’s recent one-time charge for “organization effectiveness” since it expects to take similar charges in the future.
What to do when you run into a CEO at a restaurant after hours
Wichita Eagle business reporter Carrie Rengers recounts what happened when she saw a CEO of a large local company at a restaurant Wednesday night. Rengers writes, “As I stared like an idiot trying to figure out who it was, it finally occurred to me that it was Cessna chairman and chief executive Jack Pelton, who […]
Reporting operating earnings vs. reported earnings
Fred Voetsch writes on Seeking Alpha that some media outlets, such as CNBC and Bloomberg News, are reporting operating earnings when reported earnings is a more accurate number. Votesch writes, “CNBC has taken it upon themselves (though they certainly are not alone in this) to report operating earnings instead of reported earnings. Reported earnings are […]
Biz journalists debate Twitter usage — using Twitter
There’s been quite a Tweet-off on Thursday between Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Alan Murray, New York Times Sunday business editor Tim O’Brien and new media expert Jeff Jarvis, who teaches at the City University of New York journalism program, about the proper usage of Twitter in reporting stories. The issue has come up […]
Media don't cover innovation well
Journalism needs to do a better job of covering innovation, argues David Nordfors, director of the VINNOVA Research Center of Innovation Journalism at Stanford University, in an interview on EurActiv. Here is an excerpt: Are traditional newsrooms equipped to cover innovation? Journalism is no different to other professions and organisations in society. Large organisations tend to […]
