Florida paper adding Sunday biz section
The Lakeland Ledger newspaper in Florida says that it is adding a business section to its Sunday paper. A story on its website states, “‘Our readers have told us they want every kind of business news, from local and consumer-oriented to investment advice and economic trends,’ said Ledger Editor Lenore Devore. ‘We added a page […]
Journalism students learning how to cover business
Christine Lavelle of the Phoenix Business Journal writes about how students from the Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications partnered with journalists at the paper this semester to produce stories. Lavelle writes, “This fall, the Journal teamed with the school’s business reporting class, challenging students to find and report on […]
Why we should care about inflated real estate numbers
Scott van Voorhis of the Boston Globe writes Friday about the reaction to the disclosure that the National Association of Realtors has inflated home sales data by 14 percent since 2007. Van Voorhis writes, “Basically, no one believes NAR’s numbers in the first place, so what’s the big deal? “That’s not true, though. The trade […]
Business Insider’s Weisenthal named Biz Journalist of the Year
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Business Insider deputy editor Joe Weisenthal is Talking Biz News’ Business Journalist of the Year for 2011. His selection is based on an unscientific, subjective review by Talking Biz News. We asked for nominations earlier this week on Twitter and polled people at several business news media organizations. Weisenthal was already on […]
WSJ.com’s biggest day in 2011 was Jobs’ death
WSJ.com’s highest-traffic day this year, by visits, was Oct. 5, when Steve Jobs died, edging out Aug. 8, when U.S. stocks fell 7 percent. That’s according to a tweet from Zach Seward, editor of outreach and social media at the Journal. Seward also tweeted on Thursday that WSJ.com’s busiest month, by unique visitors, was August, which […]
End of golden era of tech blogging
Jeremiah Owyang writes on his Web Strategy blog about the shifts in tech blogging and argues that a golden era has ended. Owyang writes that certain trends are leading these changes, including: Trend 1: Corporate acquisitions stymie innovation Over the last few quarters, there’s been considerable acqusitions of organized blogs (which are more akin to […]
Half of freelance biz journalists saw increase in pay in 2011
Nearly half of the freelance business journalists who responded to an informal online survey said that their compensation has risen in the past 12 months. A third of those whose salaries have risen say that they have been more aggressive in finding new clients, according to the survey, conducted by the Society of American Business […]
Rules for Fast Company’s success
Alan Webber, the founder of Fast Company magazine, writes about the lessons he learned from starting the business glossy. Here are a few of them: 1. You have to believe in your own idea. I genuinely believed that Fast Company was ‘destined’ to happen–even though it took more than 3 years to go from business […]
The best economic blogs
Constantine von Hoffman of Inc. magazine ranks what he calls the most essential economics news blogs. I will leave No. 1 in suspense, but here are some of her other picks: 2. The Big Picture: You’re already reading Barry Ritholtz, right? Even if you aren’t you’ve probably seen him on the financial TV networks. There’s […]
Utah papers, AP ignore the Overstock story
Business journalist Gary Weiss writes on SeekingAlpha.com about how the Utah business media only report one side of the Overstock.com story. Weiss writes, “When I pointed out a few weeks ago that the Utah media hadn’t made any mention of the company’s abysmal third-quarter report, or its disclosure that it was close to defaulting on […]
