Trish Riley began covering environmental business stories more than a decade ago when “green” at most publications meant dollars not the environment. She wrote about contracting opportunities with the Everglades restoration project, energy-efficient architecture and slipped in environmental asides when editors wouldn’t let sustainability take center stage. “That’s how I managed to do environmental coverage [...]
Editor & Publisher reports that Michael Golden, vice chairman of The New York Times Co. and chief operating officer of The New York Times Regional Media Group, defended Thursday’s Newspaper Association of America meeting in Chicago, saying there was nothing secretive about it. From the article: “The characterization in The Atlantic that this was a [...]
If one thing’s for certain, business stories tend to be text-heavy and photo-light. When photos do accompany business articles, they’re often of executives sitting stiffly at their desks, products sitting limply on a table, or just an outside shot of a business.That’s why I find the slideshow accompanying The Wall Street Journal‘s “Wal-Mart Exports Big-Box [...]
According to The Atlantic , the nation’s top newspaper executives will be coming together to discuss charging for online content at a hotel near Chicago today. The Models to Monetize Content meeting, said to be organized by Newspaper Association of America and led by Barbara Cohen, will reportedly include executives from Advance Publications, The Associated [...]
By Bernie Kohn Not all that long ago, reporters could count on layers of editors to catch their errors of fact or logic, smooth out imprecise language, suggest more reader-friendly approaches, and make sure key questions weren’t left hanging. Not to mention catching potential libel. But now, the demands of posting on the Web often [...]
The world is intertwined. Show your readers by connecting the dots.A fellowship through the World Affairs Journalism Fellowship Program gives U.S. journalists a chance to cover a global story of local importance.At a time when international reporting is shrinking, the fellowship covers expenses and provides support so that fellows can go abroad for two weeks [...]
Keith Chrostowski was recently named the new business editor for The Kansas City Star. He replaced Chris Lester, who left the paper after leading the biz desk for more than 10 years.Now Chrostowski, a 34-year veteran of The Star, wants his readers to know that under his leadership he will keep the paper’s commitment to [...]
The New York Times has named its first Social Media Editor. Jennifer Preston, a journalist, author and adjunct professor at Columbia University, has been appointed to the job, according to reports from the technology news blog ReadWriteRead. From the story: Social media at newspapers doesn’t have to be about promotion or damage control, it’s also [...]
