The Apprentice has a business journalist
Given the Donald’s relationship with a New York Times writer who recently published a book about his operations, I’m surprised to discover that there is a business reporter who is one of the contestants on The Apprentice. Her name is Rebecca Jarvis, and she has posted some of her stories for Crain’s Chicago Business and […]
Biz editor leaving New Orleans
Charles Crumpley, who has been the business editor at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans during hurricanes Katrina and Rita, is leaving the paper at the end of the year to become the editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal, according to this post at LA Observed. Crumpley is a SABEW board member, and he is […]
Training for business journalists
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at the American Press Institute has unveiled its schedule of seminars and workshops around the country for the first half of 2006. These one-day seminars are free to business reporters or those interested in the field, and you can register for them here. Many of the […]
Business journalism and the K-R bidding
In the letter sent to newspaper chain from Knight-Ridder alumns, a member of the business journalism community and SABEW — Washington & Lee’s Reynolds Professor of Business Journalism Pam Luecke — is among the signers who say they will nominate a slate of new directors for the company’s board. The Knight-Ridder papers have been all […]
Understanding finances a requirement for all journalism majors?
I had a meeting this afternoon here at UNC with two large donors to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. I was explaining to them the program that we have for business journalism education, and I mentioned the fact that in the “Business Reporting” class, all of the students learn how to read a […]
Expanding SABEW membership?
One of the things that I have been wondering about in relation to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers is how to keep this fine organization growing. And it seems as if SABEW has yet to tap the vast potential of membership within business-related magazines and with the weekly business newspapers that are […]
Congrats to Bernie
Bernie Kohn, who oversees the business section at The Baltimore Sun, has been named the new secretary/treasurer for SABEW, which means he will become the president in 2008. At a SABEW conference in Boston a few years ago, Bernie introduced a panel that he and I both sat on as possibly the only time two […]
Bloomberg for sale?
The rumors that business data information and news wire service company Bloomberg LP is for sale are circulating again. There was a story in the British newspaper The Independent today. In addition, the Wall Street Journal has also written a speculative story about the potential for the company to be sold. Both stories give a […]
New biz editor in Milwaukee
Gary Miller has stepped down as business editor of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and has been replaced by Chuck Melvin, a deputy business editor from the Philadelphia Inquirer. You can read the Milwaukee paper’s story about the change here. Gary will continue at the paper as a deputy business editor. He’s been a frequent attendee to […]
Times-Picayune's Charlie Crumpley
I had heard through a mutual friend that News Orleans Times-Picayune business editor Charles Crumpley was OK in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but had not heard from him directly until today. Charlie is also a SABEW board member, and one of the genuinely nice people in the business. Here is his e-mail: Hey! Good […]
