Vancouver Sun biz writers honored
Two Vancouver Sun business reporters have been honored with National Newspaper Awards, which in Canada are the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. Business writers David Baines and Gordon Hamilton were honored for their outstanding contributions to journalism for work published in 2005. With three National Newspaper Awards from previous years already on the shelf, Baines […]
The best Enron headline of the day
Got to give credit to the folks at the New York Post. Short and succinct.
Business mags have gotten weird, according to Kantrow
TheDeal.com Executive Editor Yvette Kantrow, who writes a weekly column called “Media Maneuvers,” has a fit in her latest about the most recent cover topic of Smart Money magazine, which claims to have discovered some important ways for all of us to stay healthy, not that that’s a business issue. Kantrow writes, “SmartMoney certainly leads […]
Castro continues to attack Forbes
Cuban leader Fidel Castro continued his offensive earlier this week against Forbes magazine, which earlier listed his net worth as $900 million in a ranking of the richest government leaders in the world. The Xinhua news agency reported, “‘They cannot remain quiet. We must make them speak,’ Castro said during a seven-hour program, his second […]
Adler shakes up BusinessWeek
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman continues his analysis of the business magazines with a column Friday on the changes that new editor Stephen Adler has made at BusinessWeek since he took over in 2005. It should be noted that Friedman once worked at BusinessWeek, as did I. Adler has had to overcome the perception that […]
Media acquitted with Enron verdict
The Houston Chronicle’s Rick Casey has a nice front-page column in Friday noting that the Enron jury found the business media, who had been blamed by defendants Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling of causing the company’s downfall, not guilty. But the media, he notes, was guilt of writing overly positive stories about Enron. Casey writes, […]
Houston paper puts out extra on Enron verdict
The Houston Chronicle rushed to newsstands on Thursday an estimated 10,000 extra editions of the paper noting the guilty verdicts of former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, notes the New York Times. Times reporter Julie Bosman wrote, “The editor of The Chronicle, Jeff Cohen, suggested an ‘extra,’ or a two-page edition that would […]
Baruch professor Mills to head Bloomberg's education coverage
Baruch College journalism professor Joshua Mills, who is a board member of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, is leaving his academic post to head up Bloomberg News’ efforts in covering the world of education, from kindergarten all the way up to college. Bloomberg has decided that it wants a team of six […]
Indianapolis TV business coverage changes
Indianapolis Star business columnist Susan Guyett is reporting a shake-up among television business shows in the market. Gerry Dick’s Sunday morning business show, “Inside Indiana Business,” will change stations June 4 when it moves from WTHR Channel 13 to WISH Channel 8. WTHR decided to beef up its coverage by focusing on its news-gathering partnership […]
Enron verdict stories out quickly on the Internet
The media has inundated the Internet with stories about the Enron verdict, which was announced at noon Eastern Standard Time. Some of them are standing out for their comprehensiveness in what the case means, showing that there were a number of business journalists prepared for the verdict. If you’ve never covered a white collar criminal […]
