Don’t write like a businessperson
Robert MacMillan, an editor at Reuters, writes on his blog about business journalists who write like the people they cover. MacMillan writes, “One response I hear from the reporters I work with is that our clients are businesspeople. They know what a shale play is. They know what go-shop windows are. They know what a […]
Don't write like a businessperson
Robert MacMillan, an editor at Reuters, writes on his blog about business journalists who write like the people they cover. MacMillan writes, “One response I hear from the reporters I work with is that our clients are businesspeople. They know what a shale play is. They know what go-shop windows are. They know what a […]
Local TV news needs to do better covering business and economy
Local television stations need to improve their coverage of business and economics issues, says Myron Kandel, the former financial and economics editor at CNN for 25 years. Kandel spoke Wednesday on the Texas Tech campus about the relationship between the business media and business. Kassidy Ketron of the Daily Toreador writes, “Kandel told the audience […]
Business reporters getting Facebook groupies
The Wall Street Journal has begun adding Facebook “like” buttons to the bio pages of some of its writers. The paper started rolling it out last night on some reporter and topics pages and will continue to throughout Friday, said a spokeswoman. Users who ‘like’ – for example – famed tech writer Walt Mossberg will […]
A business reporter on deadline
Rodney Ho of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution took this photo of Rachel Tobin, the paper’s commercial real estate reporter, as she writes a story in the newsroom Wednesday afternoon.
Sarasota reporter wins National Journalism Award for biz reporting
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The Sarasota Herald-Tribune received the William Brewster Styles Award for business and economics reporting, which comes with $10,000, on Friday from the Scripps Howard Foundation. It’s the second consecutive year that the Florida paper has won the award. In 2010, it received the award for a series on real estate flipping. […]
Using “soar” vs. “rose” as verbs in business news stories
Robert MacMillan, an editor at Reuters, has an interesting blog post on Monday about the increasing use of “soar” as a verb in business news copy when a simple but effective “rose” would do. MacMillan writes, “In the past few years, I’ve read increasing use of the words ‘surge’ and ‘soar.’ Often, they characterize stock […]
Using "soar" vs. "rose" as verbs in business news stories
Robert MacMillan, an editor at Reuters, has an interesting blog post on Monday about the increasing use of “soar” as a verb in business news copy when a simple but effective “rose” would do. MacMillan writes, “In the past few years, I’ve read increasing use of the words ‘surge’ and ‘soar.’ Often, they characterize stock […]
Biz journalists increasingly using social media
Social media is the most increasingly influential source of information on stories published by business journalists, according to a study released Monday by Brunswick Research. However, social media does not influence business journalists at the same level as their own research of more traditional information sources, the study found. Brunswick Research, which is based on […]
Libya references in rising U.S. gas prices stories are misguided
Hal Morris, writing on his GrumpyEditor.com blog, notes that the U.S. business news media is wrong to mention the Libyan unrest as a reason for rising gas prices — the country gets just 0.5 percent of its oil from the African country. Morris writes, “One publication mentioning the minor role of Libyan oil imports is […]
