Forbes to crowd source part of its January issue
Joe Pompeo of The Business Insider reports Friday that Forbes magazine is looking to its readers to shape some of the content for its January issue. Pompeo writes, “The latest of these just got underway: In a move that opinions editor Michael Noer describes as ‘the first ever attempt of its kind,’ Forbes is crowd-sourcing […]
What the NYT's Morgenson excels at
Justin Fox, the editorial director of the Harvard Business Review Group, isn’t enamored with the prose of business journalist Gretchen Morgenson of The New York Times, but her stories do stand out for another reason. Fox writes, “The anger comes about because Morgenson so often gets basic facts wrong, seemingly misunderstands the businesses she covers, […]
Serving vegetables with pudding
Matt Manochio of the Parsippany Daily Record in New Jersey interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Neil Cavuto about his plans for election day coverage. Manochio writes, “He said he looks at the broader view — not just stock prices, but how market fluctuations and decisions made by Washington lawmakers affect the financial lives of everyday […]
A stylebook for business journalists
Dana Meredith, a University of Kansas student and an intern at the American Copy Editors Society, writes on the organization’s site about “The Financial Writer’s Stylebook,” a new stylebook aimed at business reporters and editors. Meredith writes, “Roush and Cloud consulted several prominent business journalists — including Allan Sloan of Fortune — as they assembled […]
Improving business coverage
Courtney Sherwood, the business editor of The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash., writes Sunday about how the paper is trying to improve its business coverage. Sherwood writes, “Example one: The Columbian serves all of Clark County, not just Vancouver. Yet 78 percent of the stories we’ve run about businesses or events since Aug. 1 have been […]
Find critical — and celebratory stories — in business
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE A top business journalist suggested Friday that young business reporters should look for stories that celebrate industry as well as those that are critical and also expressed optimism about the future of journalism. “It’s not something to mourn,” said Carl Lavin, the former managing editor of Forbes.com, who also worked at […]
Using "loan" vs. "lend"
Merrill Perlman of the Columbia Journalism Review tackles Wednesday the topic of when business reporters should use the word “loan” and when they should use the word “lend.” Perlman writes, “Many style guides are pretty absolute, if not unified. The Associated Press Stylebook and The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage both want […]
Fighting the jargon in business journalism
Alan Wastler, the managing editor of CNBC.com, writes Wednesday about the jargon that often infiltrates business news stories. Wastler writes, “Witness ‘quantitative easing,’ the term used to describe the Fed’s purchases of various securities as way of kickstarting demand and boosting the economy. To me it’s more like ‘quantitative buying’ … critics use a simpler […]
The business of business journalism
Derek Thompson, a staff writer for TheAtlantic.com, has some fun Tuesday with a recent Onion business news story that was extremely vague. Thompson writes, “But there’s no reason why economic news has to be so nebulous or boring. Business journalism — in print and on TV — needs more clear journalism that says: Here’s what […]
Stylebook published for business journalists
Andy Bechtel, who writes The Editor’s Desk blog, interviewed UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor Chris Roush, one of the co-authors of the new stylebook, The Financial Writer’s Stylebook, aimed for helping business journalists do their jobs better. The book was unveiled Friday at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference in New York. Here […]
