Why Tesla dropping its PR department is bad news for biz journalism
Hamilton Nolan writes for the Columbia Journalism Review about Tesla Motors decision to drop its public relations department and what it means for journalists. Nolan writes, “THIS MONTH we learned that...
View ArticleThe WSJ’s opinion section threatens to destroy it
Alex Shephard writes for The New Republic about the damage being done to The Wall Street Journal by its opinion section. Shephard writes, “As for The Wall Street Journal, it is facing a dilemma...
View ArticleThe connection between WSJ opinion and the Bradley Foundation
William Cohan of Vanity Fair writes about the connection between the Wall Street Journal opinion writers and the Bradley Foundation, which has given $1 million in prizes to those writers. Cohan writes,...
View ArticleWhy are business journalists biased against business?
James McCarthy writes for The National Review that business journalists should not be biased against companies. McCarthy writes, “Nowhere is this unholy alliance more obvious than on the business page....
View ArticleNY Times Opinion hires Mahanta as vertical editor for business, economics and...
New York Times acting editorial page editor Kathleen Kingsbury sent out the following announcement on Monday: Siddhartha Mahanta joins Opinion as vertical editor for business, economics and technology....
View ArticleFT names Fishburn as opinion and analysis editor
The Financial Times announced Tuesday the appointment of Alice Fishburn as opinion and analysis editor and assistant editor. She will start her new role on March 1. Fishburn has worked as deputy editor...
View ArticleBehind the WSJ’s effort to help readers ID opinion
Sarah Scire of Nieman Journalism Lab looks at The Wall Street Journal’s new web page that teaches readers the difference between news and edtorial. Scire writes, “By underlining the bright line between...
View ArticleSpiers: Tech journalism is not overwhelmingly negative
Elizabeth Spiers, the former editor of the New York Observer and founder of the Dealbreaker website, writes about the relationship between tech investors and CEOS and the journalists who cover them....
View ArticleColumnist Giugliano departs Bloomberg Opinion
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Ferdinando Giugliano has left the news organization. His last day was Friday. Giugliano is becoming a media advisor to Italian prime minister Mario Draghi. Giugliano wrote...
View ArticleTeam leader Binham to join FT’s opinion team
Caroline Binham, team leader for professional services at The Financial Times, is joining its opinion team. As team leader, she has been leading coverage of law, tax, accountancy and regulation. She...
View ArticleThe ethics of owning bitcoin
Former Washington Post tech reporter Timothy B. Lee, the founder of Rethinking News, writes about the ethics of reporters owning bitcoin and recounts how the newspaper made him sell his cryptocurrency....
View ArticleBloomberg Opinion hires Wooldridge as global business columnist
David Shipley, senior executive rditor of Bloomberg Opinion, sent the following memo to staff on Wednesday: Dear Team Opinion, I hope this finds you well. This news just broke, so I didn’t want to......
View ArticleWhy the WSJ remains stubbornly conservative
Adam Piore writes for Columbia Journalism Review about the conservatism that still plaques The Wall Street Journal despite the departure of former editor Gerard Baker, who was replaced by insider Matt...
View ArticleWashington Post taps Long to write about economy on op-ed page
Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt, deputy editorial page editors Karen Tumulty and Ruth Marcus, and manager of editorial talent and logistics Nana Efua Mumford sent out the following...
View ArticleWhy is the biz media skeptical about economic news?
Jonathan Bernstein of Bloomberg Opinion writes Wednesday about the general negativity that surrounds economics news when covered by the business media. Bernstein writes, “This matters because many in...
View ArticleTrump’s letter to editor upsets WSJ reporters
Former President Donald Trump’s letter to the editor, published in The Wall Street Journal, that mistakenly claims the 2020 election was stolen has upset some reporters at the paper, reports Brian...
View ArticleChevron seeking a business reporter to write stories
Oil company Chevron Corp. is seeking to hire a business reporter who will write stories for its “newsroom,” reports Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times. Hiltzik writes, “Chevron’s effort, like...
View ArticleSt. Louis Post-Dispatch biz columnist Nicklaus retires
David Nicklaus, the business columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, is retiring from writing his regular column though he still plans to contribute a semi-regular column. Nicklaus writes, “This is...
View ArticleAn analysis of what’s wrong with Forbes.com
Joshua Benton of Nieman Journalism Lab writes about the problems with Forbes.com. Benton writes, “Forbes’ staff of journalists could produce great work, sure. But there were only so many of them, and...
View ArticleBloomberg EIC Micklethwait: Court ruling is dangerous
Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait writes about the British Supreme Court decision that allows a company executive under investigation to keep his name out of print. Micklethwait writes,...
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