Pensions & Investments seeks data editor
The P&I Data Editor role is key to supporting and developing P&I’s reputation as a paper of record for an important industry. You’ll have access to the top executives and the most cutting-edge research from the world’s largest money managers and institutional investors, along with the most important public policy makers. You’ll know you have […]
WSJ seeks stocks reporter
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an innovative and energetic reporter to cover the U.S. stock market. This New York-based reporter should be able to write quickly about what’s happening and why it matters. The reporter should also be able to write authoritatively about bigger market themes and trends on the horizon. The successful candidate […]
WSJ seeks currencies reporter
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter with global ambitions to cover the dollar and foreign exchange, the world’s largest financial market with more than $5 trillion trading each day. The reporter should be able to write regularly on the dollar’s movements against major currencies, and will work with reporters in Europe and […]
Why the best investment advice is too boring for TV
Harold Pollack of The Atlantic writes about why the best investment advice of buying and holding stocks is not well suited for television business news. Pollack writes, “That’s precisely the message the financial media ought to send in turbulent times, when ordinary investors are most tempted to engage in panic-selling—or alternatively, trying to be clairvoyant in […]
Institutional Investor founder Kaplan dies at 74
Gilbert Kaplan, founder and longtime chief executive of Institutional Investor, a monthly magazine for pension fund and asset managers, died at the age of 74. Margalit Fox of the New York Times writes, “He soon became conscious of the importance of money managers in financial markets — and of a gap in the marketplace when it […]
Fox Business beats CNBC on Monday
Fox Business Network beat two of CNBC‘s top shows in ratings on Monday when the stock markets fell due to concerns about China’s growth. The “Intelligence Report with Trish Regan” on Fox Business had 22,000 viewers in the 25 to 54-year-old demographic, according to Nielsen, while CNBC’s “Power Lunch” had 19,000 viewers in the same […]
Eisen hired as WSJ markets reporter
Ben Eisen, who worked at Bloomberg News for the past 15 months covering structured products, has been hired by The Wall Street Journal to cover the markets. His first day is Monday. On Twitter, Eisen wrote, “It was a great ride working with brilliant ppl at Bloomberg.” Eisen previously worked for MarketWatch.com for 21 months […]
Coverage: China’s economy causes another market slump
The new year is off to a shaky start for Chinese markets with weaker-than-expected manufacturing data causing markets to drop, forcing government officials to halt the day’s trading early. International markets are also feeling the impact from the latest signs of China’s economic slump. Paul Mozur of The New York Times explained what caused Monday’s […]
International Biz Times seeks markets reporter
The International Business Times, a leading source of real-time news and intelligence about the global and national economies, seeks an aggressive, enterprising and competitive entry-level markets reporter to cover the U.S. financial markets under real-time deadline pressure. This is a job for a writer who is comfortable working in a breaking news environment and has […]
WSJ’s Benoit is Talking Biz News’ Business Journalist of the Year
If Wall Street Journal reporter David Benoit is the future of business journalism, then the business journalism is in good shape. Benoit, who took over the shareholder activist beat at The Journal two years ago, has had a strong year. Within the past month, he broke the news about the DuPont-Dow Chemical deal, and he then followed […]
