Gabor named Bloomberg professor at Baruch
Andrea Gabor, a longtime Baruch College journalism professor, has been named the Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism. The endowed professorship was established with a gift from Bloomberg LP in 2001. Gabor is the second holder of the chair. Former BusinessWeek and New York Times business journalist Sarah Bartlett, now with CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, […]
Freelancing business journalism
Marci Alboher, who writes the Shifting Careers blog on the New York Times web site, writes about the freelancing business journalism conference call she participated in last week that was organized by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Alboher writes, “In the current economy, where increasing numbers of journalists are turning to freelancing […]
Reuters program to help journalists cover Chinese business
The Reuters Foundation, in collaboration with the Iowa-based Stanley Foundation, is accepting applications from U.S. journalists to participate in an all-expenses-paid journalism training course in Beijing, China from Nov. 10 to Nov. 14. The program will pair six American journalists with six Chinese journalists in a course designed to help reporters develop international news writing skills […]
Minority and independent businesses rate biz coverage
Eighty-eight percent of minority and independent business owners who have been interviewed by the media say the story that resulted was fair and accurate. However, 83 percent of respondents said reporters must improve their understanding of business. These findings are a part of new research on coverage of minority-owned and privately held businesses from The […]
SABEW offering training call for freelancing
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will offer a conference call on Aug. 5 for business journalists interesting in a career in freelancing. Whether driven by economic necessity, industry conditions or the desire for a more flexible schedule, more journalists are contemplating the freelancing life. Many succeed, but it’s not easy. SABEW has […]
Doctor prescribes how to fix what ails the biz news desk
Daily newspaper business news desks — struggling because their standalone sections and stock pahes have been cut — should focus less on covering the public companies in their area and more on the smaller companies that make their communities unique. They should also begin publishing all breaking news online and turn all of their staff writers […]
Klein leaving Washington Post biz desk to teach at Northwestern
Alec Klein, an investigative business journalist at the Washington Post, is leaving the paper and will begin teaching business journalism at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in the fall. His last day at the paper is today. Klein, a Loeb Award winner and Pulitzer nominee, just wrapped up a three-part series on the U.S. housing boom and […]
Boning up on bankruptcy coverage
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is offering a conference call next Wednesday, June 25, for business journalists to ask questions from bankruptcy court experts on where to look for stories. Difficult economic conditions have left many corporations, small businesses and families turning to the bankruptcy courts for relief. Good stories abound for […]
Business journalism and the movies
Allen Wastler, the managing editor of CNBC.com, writes Thursday that he often uses movies to explain complicated business journalism topics. I like his use of commodity trading using the Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd movie “Trading Places” because I have used the same when teaching about commodities markets. Wastler writes, “In financial journalism, you often have […]
Knight-Bagehot fellows named at Columbia
Ten Knight-Bagehot fellows in economics and business journalism have been named by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for the 2008-2009 academic year. They include journalists from The Miami Herald, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Associated Press and Dow Jones Newswires. The mid-career fellowships provide full tuition and a […]
