Business journalism's image problem
Chrystia Freeland, the global editor at large for Reuters and a former top editor at the Financial Times, writes Saturday in the New York Times about what she sees as the problem in business journalism. Freeland writes, “Lewis is ‘eternally grateful’ to his subjects for their cooperation. Sorkin, a reporter and columnist for The New […]
How to tell if a CEO is lying to you
Kyle Stock of The Wall Street Journal reports about some Stanford University research that provides clues to whether a CEO is lying while speaking. Stock writes, “A pair of professors at Stanford recently tried to do just that. The team built a model that tries to flush out executive lies, using psychological and linguistic studies […]
Remembering auto writer Jerry Flint
Outgoing Forbes editor William Baldwin writes Monday about longtime Forbes auto writer Jerry Flint, who died this weekend at the age of 79 after suffering a stroke. Baldwin writes, “One of his notions was that journalists, at least the sort that ruled the newsrooms of big newspapers a few decades ago, were too full of […]
The motivation behind business journalism
Sarah Ellison, a former Wall Street Journal reporter who wrote about the paper’s sale to Rupert Murdoch in “War at the Wall Street Journal,” talked to Laurel Touby of MediaBistro.com about business journalism and what it was like to write a book about her employer.
Pennsylvania biz reporter says goodbye
Nick Malawskey, a business reporter at the Centre Daily Times in Pennsylvania, has a nice goodbye column to his readers in Sunday’s paper. Malawskey writes, “In the end, I think I’ll just say thanks. “Thanks for reading; thanks for the phone calls, the e-mails; thanks for the friendships, the acquaintances; thanks for letting me into […]
Amused, and disappointed, at editor's jargon
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon doesn’t like the jargon that came from CNNMoney.com executive editor Chris Peacock during the interview posted earlier today on Talking Biz News. Salmon writes, “The top editor of most publications has always been wheeled out to impress advertisers on a regular basis, but online editors can often be much more constructive […]
Events and motivations in reporting
CNBC.com managing editor Allen Wastler warns business journalists against linking events with motivations when reporting. Wastler writes, “Case in point: Suggestions that BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward is being pulled out of day-to-day Gulf spill operations as punishment for poor performance before Congress yesterday and in the Gulf situation in general. “These reports trace to […]
Bloomberg's Winkler upset with Bloomberg TV standards
Matt Winkler, the editor in chief of Bloomberg News, has attacked the quality of reporting at Bloomberg Television in his latest weekly internal e-mail, obtained by Hamilton Nolan of Gawker. Winkler wrote, “Readers, listeners and viewers rely on Bloomberg News to give them facts, not glib labels, cliches or gossip. “A Bloomberg Television graphic labeled […]
2010 AP Stylebook makes business news changes
The 2010 Associated Press Stylebook was released on Wednesday, and the latest edition includes a number of changes to style that affect business journalists. The stylebook makes the distinction between Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the corporate name of the discount retailer, and Walmart, for the stores themselves. One new entry recognizes significant developments in world events: […]
Getting the details with Murdoch
Zeke Turner of The New York Observer writes how former Wall Street Journal reporter Sarah Ellison was able to obtain many of the details she used in her book “War at The Wall Street Journal,” including the scene of when News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch got rid of the paper’s managing editor, Marcus Brauchli. Turner […]
