Women exerting more influence in business journalism
November 26, 2007
Posted by Chris Roush
Dean Rotbart, the editor of TJFR Business News Reporter 2.0, writes that women are becoming more influential in the world of business journalism.
Examples include Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman, Betty Wong of Reuters and Becky Bisbee, the business editor of the Seattle Times.
Rotbart wrote, “Like sports journalism, business journalism was long the near-exclusive bastion ofmale reporters. With a few notable exceptions — such as Carol J. Loomis of Fortune and syndicated personal finance columnist Sylvia Porter — few women before the 1970s merited a byline in the eyes of their male editors.
“Well, brothers and sisters, the times they have a-changed.
“At some influential news organizations, the number of female editorial business news staffers today surpasses that of men. Moreover, slowly, but surely, women are taking the reins at a growing number of influential business news outlets.”
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Women exerting more influence in business journalism
November 26, 2007
Posted by Chris Roush
Dean Rotbart, the editor of TJFR Business News Reporter 2.0, writes that women are becoming more influential in the world of business journalism.
Rotbart wrote, “Like sports journalism, business journalism was long the near-exclusive bastion of male reporters. With a few notable exceptions — such as Carol J. Loomis of Fortune and syndicated personal finance columnist Sylvia Porter — few women before the 1970s merited a byline in the eyes of their male editors.
“Well, brothers and sisters, the times they have a-changed.
“At some influential news organizations, the number of female editorial business news staffers today surpasses that of men. Moreover, slowly, but surely, women are taking the reins at a growing number of influential business news outlets.”
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