San Diego’s top growth and development reporter
Ulises Bucio profiles San Diego Union-Tribune business reporter Roger Showley, who covers growth and development. Bucio writes, “Showley wrote a book about the development of San Diego in 1999. After finishing it, he did the same for Balboa Park. “‘That’s been a fun thing to cover over a long time is the issues in Balboa […]
WSJ economics reporter Aeppel says goodbye with a chart
Timothy Aeppel, who covers economics and manufacturing for The Wall Street Journal, is leaving the paper. In an email to the staff, Aeppel provided the following chart, with a note that read, “This sums up what I’m thinking today. Best, Tim”: In an email to Talking Biz News, Aeppel wrote: A good friend in our […]
How NYT’s Stanley plans to cover the richest of the rich
New York Times reporter Alessandra Stanley, who is about to begin a new beat assignment covering the wealthy, writes about how her stories will fit into the newspaper’s income inequality coverage. Stanley writes, “I covered post-Soviet Russia in the 1990s and watched as Kremlin-friendly businessmen became billionaires by carving up state assets in the process […]
How Joe Weisenthal loosens up Bloomberg
Ricardo Bilton of Digiday interviewed Joe Weisenthal of Bloomberg, whose show “What’d You Miss?” debuted recently. Here is an excerpt: Business coverage, when done right, can be as compelling as sports. The overlap between coverage of market movements and professional sports seems minimal. On the other hand, finance watchers obsess over the moves of people […]
Market News International seeks economic policy reporter
MNI, a global financial news service, has an immediate opening for an experienced reporter/editor for the Washington, D.C. bureau, covering economic policy, Federal Reserve, Treasury, economic data, financial regulation, etc. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of reporting experience, strong background covering related topics, including economic data reports, familiarity with Excel, and most […]
WSJ seeks news editor for central banks coverage
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an enterprising journalist to work with our Global Central Banks Editor and reporters to coordinate global coverage of central banks. This person will help prioritize coverage, edit breaking news and manage publishing logistics. The job will involve working with our web producer and other editors to curate our central […]
Coverage: Greece misses IMF payment
The Greek debt crisis took yet another turn for the worse as the country missed its payment to the International Monetary Fund, making the country ineligible for more IMF money. The New York Times story by Jim Yardley and James Kanter had these details on the default: The International Monetary Fund said shortly after midnight […]
Coverage: Puerto Rico seeks bankruptcy
While the world is watching to see if Europe will rescue Greece, the U.S. is contending with Puerto Rico, which is having its own set of financial problems. The territory is struggling under $73 billion in debt and turning to the U.S. for help. The Washington Post had these details in a story by Steven […]
Coverage: Greece shuts down banks
The financial crisis in Greece just took a huge turn for the worse. The country announced over the weekend it was closing the banking system for six days in order to keep currency in the country. It’s one of the worst signals a country could send about its financial health. Jim Yardley had this story […]
Atlanta daily seeks economics editor
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is seeking a coach to coordinate the newspaper’s daily and Sunday coverage of the economy.The job requires planning and overseeing the execution of economy-focused enterprise to anchor the AJC’s Sunday business section. Another duty is to work with reporters on executing premium digital and premium print content for the daily newspaper. This […]
