Writing workshop before SABEW conference
Turn Your Business Story Idea Into Reality! Get one-on-one coaching from financial experts and top business editors. MORNING: One-on-one help researching your story idea and analyzing financial information to give your story depth from experts provided by CFA Institute (Chartered Financial Analysts). LUNCH: Writing tips from Susan Rasky, professor of Journalism at University of California, […]
Jerry Lessenberry, who writes a column for the Metro Times, the alternative newspaper in Detroit, has recently been criticizing the Detroit papers for their unimaginative coverage. As a result, Lessenberry has been hearing back from some former Detroit reporters and editors about what’s wrong with the papers. One of them wrote this item about the […]
Green Bay paper brings back stock listings
A month ago, the Green Bay Press-Gazette unveiled a redesign of the daily newspaper that included cutting the stock listings from the newspaper. Executive Editor John Dye noted that subscribers complained, so the paper is bringing back the stock listings. Dye wrote, “Some readers, however, were unhappy with our decision to drop stock and mutual […]
Saying goodbye to a competitor — and a friend
Burl Gilyard, the real estate reporter for Finance & Commerce in Minnesota, said goodbye to former competitor Terry Fiedler, a business reporter at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune who recently died suddenly. Gilyard wrote, “Even though Terry lamented the superficial trends of the modern news business, he was truly passionate about reporting and journalism. Terry had a […]
Fuchs: Retail sales coverage all over the place
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs notes that recent coverage of July retail sales data was all over the place, with some business journalism outlets reporting that sales were affected by the hot weather and others stating the complete opposite. Fuchs wrote, “Let’s start at the beginning of the alphabet with the Associated Press. They told us that […]
Toronto Star columnist celebrates 10th anniversary
Bill Carrigan, a journalist who writes the Getting Technical investing column for the Toronto Star, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the column. He tells his readers how the column got started. Carrigan wrote, “The Toronto Star basically took a gamble on a format based on technical analysis written by a guy with no formal […]
Yahoo! revamps financial site
Yahoo Inc. is beefing up the finance section of its Web site with more interactive stock charts and other features to help it maintain its longtime lead over rival financial information sites, according to an Associated Press story. AP reporter May Wong wrote, “The redesigned Web page was in development for more than 18 months, […]
Behind the BloggingStocks.com creation
Marty Moe is vice president and general manager of AOL Money & Finance, Small Business, and Education. As part of his job, he oversees a new Web site, BloggingStocks.com, that was launched earlier this year to provide information to investors. BloggingStocks.com includes posts from financial journalists as well as investors and analysts. However, all of […]
WSJ increases advertising in June, but
Dow Jones & Co. reported Thursday that its advertising for The Wall Street Journal in June rose by double digits, but advertising at Barron’s continued to fall. A press release stated: “Advertising revenue at The Wall Street Journal, including Weekend Edition, increased 17.4% in June on a 17.9% increase in advertising volume. Advertising yield increased […]
An interview with Maria Bartiromo
David Teather of the Guardian newspaper in London recently interviewed CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo and wrote about the experience in the paper. Teather wrote that Bartiromo has uncommon access as a business journalist and is one of the few with the power to move markets. He wrote, “I meet her after she finishes a stint […]
