Your guide to Friday’s Financial Follies: Best Practices
“Sorry. This is commentary dressed up as news reporting.” — Gerard Baker, 12:01 a.m. On Friday the world will be treated to the Financial Follies 2017. Hundreds of reporters covering business and...
View ArticleTake the Follies for what they are: A booze binge
Talking Biz News annually asks an anonymous business journalist attending the Financial Follies to write a critique of the evening’s festivities. Here is this year’s review: The Financial Follies...
View ArticleThe best “out of office” email ever from a business journalist
If you emailed San Francisco Chronicle business editor Owen Thomas this week, you got this following “out of office” reply: Hi. I think you’re awesome and I hope you’re having a great day. Did... The...
View ArticleHow business journalism is evolving
Talking Biz News founder Chris Roush talks about how business journalism has evolved in the 21st century. Roush noted how daily newspapers have cut back their business news coverage, providing an...
View ArticleWhen a biz journalist announces his wife is having a baby
Talking Biz News readers may remember when Charlotte Observer business journalists Ely Portillo and Caroline McMillan announced their marriage in a press release back in 2013. Now, they’re pregnant....
View ArticleBiz journalist mother inspired Rebecca Jarvis
Laura Emily Dunn of The Huffington Post interviewed ABC News chief business and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis about her career. Here is an excerpt: How has your life experience made you the...
View ArticleThe Providence Journal biz section lacks local content
GoLocalProv.com writes about the lack of local content in the Providence Journal’s business news section. GoLocalProv writes, “At a time when the stock market is at record levels and in a state of...
View ArticleProPublica is paying the salary of West Virginia coal reporter
Nonprofit news organization ProPublica is paying the salary of Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette-Mail coal reporter Ken Ward while it seeks a new owner, reports Steven Mufson of The Washington Post. Mufson...
View ArticleReaders pay the salaries of business journalists
Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig writes about the time he wanted to respond sarcastically to a reader who criticized one of his stories. Zweig writes: It’s never good news when the managing...
View ArticleTalking Biz News is now available on your smartphone
Talking Biz News can now be accessed through your smartphone with an app. The app is free to download. The app includes features not available on the website, such as push notifications and...
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