What makes a good business journalist?
Talking Biz News founder Chris Roush talks about the skills and qualities that a good business journalist possesses.
How young reporters have gotten ahead in business journalism
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers hosted a conference call Monday afternoon to talk with young financial journalists about their impact through strong beat reporting. Jon Chesto, Boston Globe business reporter, moderated a panel that brought together Jillian Berman, New York-based reporter for MarketWatch; Sarah Frier, technology reporter for Bloomberg; and Jen Wieczner, […]
Testy Biz Copy Editor: Baby steps for the puzzled investor
An investor who bought Google stock 13 years ago at its IPO price of $85 would now own a piece of the company worth about 22 times their original investment. That also takes into account the company’s stock split in 2015, when it restructured under a larger company called Alphabet. Put it another way: A […]
Tales of hurricane coverage from the Houston Chronicle biz editor
Whatever we write about Hurricane Harvey at the Houston Chronicle, our story already is upstaged by Hurricane Irma. Houston did not evacuate 6 million people as Harvey approached, nor did it face the raging winds that Irma may slam on Miami. We have deaths, casualties, all manner of human misery, business disruptions, untold billions in […]
Testy Copy Editor: “Trump-linked” oligarch’s company goes bust
It’s out of vogue to be “fair” to President Donald Trump – often for good reasons – but sometimes we must call out stories whose premises are a little out of line. Two mysterious companies owned by the Russian oligarch who bought Donald Trump’s Palm Beach mansion filed for bankruptcy in North Carolina Friday, adding […]
Wall Street and the business press
Heidi Moore, the editor in chief of Ladders, writes about how Wall Street would work with the business media as a way of understanding new White House communication director Anthony Scaramucci, who came from Wall Street. Moore writes, “As a reporter at the Wall Street Journal during the financial crisis, I was boggled by the […]
Consuelo Mack: More women getting into financial journalism
Consuelo Mack is an American business news journalist and host of “WealthTrack,” a nationally syndicated business news program presented by WLIW-TV in New York City. She spoke with TheStreet.com about how more women are getting into financial journalism. “It has really heartened to me a great deal to see on TheStreet.com, for instance at CNBC, […]
When subjects of business news stories cry “fake news”
Dana Melius of the St. Peter Herald in southern Minnesota writes about how the subjects of business news coverage at his paper and its sister papers have recently accused the newspapers of “fake news.” Melius writes, “But this concept of fake news has drifted down to the local level, as well. In the past couple months, […]
New “Bloomberg Way” includes other delivery formats
The latest edition of the “Bloomberg Way” guide to business reporting now includes practices for data and multiplatform journalism, reports Daniel Funke of Poynter. Funke writes, “The updated version of ‘The Bloomberg Way,’ which was circulated to staff this week, is a departure from the business news organization’s previous version of the guide, which focused heavily on writing for the […]
Testy Biz Copy Editor: Which paper clip do you mean, Bloomberg?
Just report its size with numbers. The story text narrows it down to “one-third the size of an AAA battery.” But you’d still have to get out a ruler. (Bloomberg) (The AAA battery measurement is apparently standard. It comes […]
