Business journalists especially face the accusation of being “negative.” Companies want to control their image. Many small outfits have no experience in dealing with the
At one time, it took many years before a select few journalists could be invested in the purple as columnists. This carried distinct benefits: They
@BizJournalism has @jontalton done a piece on biz headlines? I’d like to read that. — Alex Dalenberg (@alexdalenberg) March 31, 2014 A reader of the
Before I pick at the splinters in your writing, let me roll out a few of my logs. Here are a week’s worth of ledes
Nothing beats boots on the ground. With staff and budget cuts, newspapers do less “parachuting in” on stories away from their hometown. That’s too bad
One of the chief missions of this blog is to give “a kick in the butt” to business journalism. But it’s a tough balance. I
Editor’s note: This will be Phillip Blanchard’s final regular post for BusinessJournalism.org. A copy editor on the Washington Post Financial desk for 6 1/2 years
I hate to be an exhibitionist, but here it is: My reference stand. And I use it. Every day. In the digital age. It’s probably
Copy editors who attended The American Copy Editors Society’s 2012 Conference’s “Financial Editing” session learned how to ensure text is clear and readable for investors and
I could feel lobbyist Lanny Davis’ constant energy when I read D.M. Levine’s profile of him (PDF) for The American Lawyer. Levine sets that tone
“The spotlight is on the government’s questionable fiscal behavior as it nears its borrowing limit of $14.3 trillion and confronts the risk of a crippling
Before Rich Holden became the executive director of the Dow Jones News Fund, he spent 20 years editing copy at The Wall Street Journal and
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