Jennifer Johnson is a graduate student at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications. She is specializing in business journalism and is a graduate assistant at the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. She has worked as a freelance writer for the St. Louis Business Journal and West Newsmagazine in St. Louis. She spent last year working as a political assistant at the European Union Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
Gary Cohn is an investigative reporter based in Santa Monica, California. He is a 1998 Pulitzer Prize winner and the recipient of the 2009 Barlett & Steele Award for Investigative Business Journalism. Cohn was part of a Bloomberg news team that won the award for uncovering hidden fees in AARP ‘s insurance plans. He is [...]
The intersection of politics, business and lobbying is totally “undercovered” and misunderstood, says Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei. “Most people only cover lobbying as a crime beat,” said VandeHei. He explained to students that while there may be crime beat aspects to lobbying, it’s a far more nuanced and sophisticated beat. Lobbying is one of the [...]
The business section of a newspaper still has value that you can’t get elsewhere in the paper, said John Corrigan, LA Times business editor. The most e-mailed and most-viewed lists are some of the best things that happened for the business section of the LA Times, said Corrigan. Editors have found that business stories do [...]
Lobbying is an honorable profession, but journalists have to be mindful that corporate lobbyists are representing the interests of their clients, former New York Times reporter Leslie Wayne said Monday. “It’s just that they are engaged in a system where the money is tilted so far on their side that lobbyists for smaller groups or [...]
As many news organizations continue to struggle, non-profit news services will increasingly be attempting to fill the information gap, says Matt James, senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation. James visited the Cronkite School Tuesday to speak to faculty and students about the foundation’s new non-profit Kaiser Health News (KHN) and the increasing role [...]
Business journalism is a buoyant industry that will be around in good and bad times, says Phoenix-based Economist correspondent Debbi Gardner. New Zealand native Gardiner visited the Cronkite School to speak to business journalism students about the growing field. A graduate of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, Gardiner has more than 15 years experience [...]
As fears mount that Greece’s economic situation will threaten the stability of world markets, Bloomberg News reports that German officials confirmed that the European Union will be discussing aid for Greece. Meanwhile, former World Bank economist Joseph E. Stiglitz said on Bloomberg TV that he does not think Greece will default on its debts. Greece’s banks [...]
The latest Toyota recalls raise many questions. Among them are whether government officials did enough to investigate reports about sticking accelerator pedals. As recently as November Toyota blamed the problems on problematic floor mats and issued a recall. This happened after a frantic 911 call from a frantic passenger stuck in a runaway Lexus on a [...]
Techie’s are all a-twitter about Apple’s latest product which is expected to be unveiled on Wednesday. The New York Times, Bloomberg and The Christian Science Monitor among others, report that Apple will launch its new tablet. Bloomberg reports that anticipation for the tablet has helped lift Apple’s stock, which closed at a record of $215.04 on Jan. [...]
