TJFR Business News Reporter 2.0

The 'Me Beat': Neal Templin Reports on...Mrs. Neal Templin

By Dean Rotbart
Executive Editor

The day will come, NewsBios forecasts, when we will see one family member suing another for libel over a story in a major newspaper, magazine or broadcast.  It's a safe bet given how many news scribes have turned to first-person storytelling.

We don't know if Neal Templin's wife, Clarissa Acuña was unhappy with Mr. Templin's February 19th Cheapskate column in The Wall Street Journal.  Probably not.  In fact, in a breach of journalism standards, we suspect Mr. Templin let Mrs. Templin, the subject of his column, read the article and make corrections ahead of publication. Tsk. Tsk.

What struck us about this single column is just how much personal information Mr. Templin willingly discloses.  Makes our job constructing his NewsBio oh so much easier.  Thanks, Neal.

Here are the highlights.

• Neal's mom was a working mom.
• He assumed Clarissa would also work for a living. 
• She stopped working way back in the summer of 1991, ahead of their third child.
• "I work and earn.  She takes care of the kids."
• Clarissa is bilingual and has a marketing degree.
• Living on one salary was a financial squeeze.
• He has already put his eldest two kids through college.
• "I do worry about our household being completely dependent on one wage earner in a contracting economy."
• A few years ago his youngest son developed a painful neurological disorder.
• Clarissa graduated from college in 1989.
• Her hobbies include gardening and photography.
• "Life comes to you if you wait long enough," she says.

Who's Who at Wall Street Journal Daily Sport Page

The old guard of editors at The Wall Street Journal would never have thunk it: a daily page of sports coverage in the financial paper of record. 

But there is it on page D8, March 3, 2009 -- the Sports page.  Not to be subtle about it, the top of the Journal's front page carries a green banner with large white lettering proclaiming "Off the Bench - Sports in The Journal."  Beneath the banner, photos of a baseball player, soccer players, tennis star, hoops men, a golfer and hockey players.

(What next, a WSJ photo book?)

In any case, the Journal does not currently plan to do game coverage.  Sports Editor Sam Walker tells Reuters plans call for analytical articles and stats and grafs that put a forward-looking spin on the news. 

"The expanded sports coverage fits into [Rupert] Murdoch's desire to compete with The New York Times and other media outlets by offering stories to attract a wider base of readers and advertisers even as print advertising declines," writes Reuters' Robert MacMillan.

The lead story on day one belongs to Matthew Futterman and is titled, The Year NBA Teams Quit Early.  Tim Marchman, Geoff Foster, Reed Albergotti and Hannah Karp contribute briefs.

Next day lead story is, The Toughest Place to Win in Sports, written by Darren Everson.  Briefs by Jonah Keri, Christina Lewis, Tim Marchman and Matthew Futterman.

While Reuters' Mr. MacMillian says the goal is more readers and advertisers, he forgot to mention all the Journal editors and reporters who now will have a credible excuse to attend major sporting events as credentialed members of the media. Beats covering iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes.

Tracking WSJ Managing Editor Robert Thomson

October 1, 2008:

• In a memo to his editorial staff, Robert Thomson, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal and Editor-in-Chief of Dow Jones & Company, described the efforts of the Journal, WSJ.com, and MarketWatch to cover the recent financial crisis "extraordinary in its breadth and quality."
  
  Thomson said that newsstand sales of the paper have surged as have visitors to its WSJ.com and MarketWatch.com.
  
  He called the collective reach of Dow Jones' news organizations "unprecedented" in business journalism.
• Robert Thomson, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, announced two changes to the paper's prestigious Page One staff.

Mr. Thomson named Mike Allen, a 22-year veteran of the paper, to the new position of Page One Project Editor.  Mr. Allen's job will be to work with the paper's many bureaus to nurture investigative reporting.  Mr. Allen has been Page One's deputy editor.

The new Deputy Editor is Alex Martin, who has been deputy of the Journal's Marketplace section since 2005, when he joined the paper from Newsday.  "In his new role, Alex will work closely with Mike Williams in running Page One: vetting (short) proposals; managing the editing of leders, extras and aheds; and supervising the daily evolution of the page," Mr. Thomson wrote in a staff memo.

The Forbes 400 'Crew"

Edited by: Matthew Miller and Duncan Greenberg

Reported by: Emad Atiq, Steven Bertoni, Emily Douglas, Erin Gell, Christopher Helman, Benjamin Klauder, Claire Obusan and Hillary Prey

Additional Reporting: Kurt Badenhausen, Victoria Barret, William P. Barrett, Monte Burke, Jonathan Fahey, Stephane Fitch, Susan Kitchens, Emily Lambert, Courtney Myers, Michael K. Ozanian, Tatiana Serafin, Bruce Upbin and David Whelan

Online: Michael Noer and David M. Ewalt, editors

New York Times Responds to Recent Updgrades at WSJ.com

New York Times Expands Business & Technology Coverage Online

New and Redesigned Sections Launch; First of Many Steps to Enhance Online Business and Technology Coverage

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New York Times announced today significant expansions of its online business coverage with a redesigned Technology section, the introduction of an Economy section and Green Inc., a blog on energy and the environment. In the coming months, NYTimes.com will expand the Small Business, Personal Technology and Your Money sections; introduce more journalists; deepen coverage within its DealBook franchise; and continue to add new tools and multimedia features throughout its online and mobile business pages.

Who's Who Behind 'Heard on the Street'

NEW YORK (Sept. 8, 2008) — The Wall Street Journal announced today it is partnering with Dow Jones Newswires to revamp and expand its venerable Heard on the Street column to provide readers with a far broader mix of agenda-setting analysis and commentary.

The Heard on the Street column has been an everyday fixture in the Journal and a staple in every business executive's daily diet since the 1960's. The new Heard column is truly global with more than a dozen dedicated news staff located in the U.S., Europe and Asia contributing to a daily newspaper column in all three editions of the paper and providing updates during global trading days that will be featured first in several real-time information services from Dow Jones Newswires and later in the subscriber content of WSJ.com.

"Heard on the Street will echo around Wall Street and the world with a resonance well beyond its traditional influence," said Robert Thomson, managing editor for The Wall Street Journal and editor-in-chief of Dow Jones & Company. "Business readers are overwhelmed by information, so what they crave is intelligent analysis and market-moving insight -- that is precisely what the revamped Heard will provide, in print, on the web and, crucially, on Newswires. Our commitment to that high quality content is reflected in our investment in an outstanding team of reporters and the expanded real estate devoted to their work in the Journal."

Photo: Thorold Barker

Who's Who at The Journal Report (Small Business)

Confirmed: August 11, 2008

Vauhini Vara: She is a writer in Iowa City, Iowa.
Roger Cheng: He is a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires in Jersey City.
Kelly K. Spors: She is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in South Brunswick, NJ.
Riva Richmond: She is a writer in New York.
Stuart Weinberg: He is a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires in Toronto.
Sarah E. Needleman: She is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York.
Shelly Banjo: She is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in South Brunswick, NJ.
Shara Tibken: She is a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires in Jersey City.

Who's Who at The Financial Times (U.S.)

Confirmed: June 17, 2008

Saskia Scholtes is now US Financial Services Correspondent for The Financial Times. She leads coverage of commercial and regional banks, mortgage companies and regulation, credit card lenders and US government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Federal Home Loan Banks.

Nicole Bullock replaces Scholtes as the FT's Capital Markets Correspondent, watching US credit markets, including high grade, high yield and distressed debt. Both report to Chrystia Freeland, US Managing Editor.

Who's Who at Personal Journal

James B. Stewart: He is a columnist for SmartMoney magazine and SmartMoney.com.  (8/6/08)
David Littlejohn: He writes about West Coast cultural events for The Wall Street Journal.  (8/6/08)
Mary Panzer: She writes about photography for The Wall Street Journal.  (8/6/08)

Who's Who at The Journal Report (Your Money Matters)

Confirmed: July 14, 2008

Lauren Baier Kim: She is a writer in Hightstown, NJ.
David Crook: He is editor of The Wall Street Journal Sunday.
Suzanne Barlyn: She is a writer in Washington Crossing, PA.
Jane Zhang: She is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Washington, DC.
Tom Herman: He is a senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal in New York.
Jilian Mincer: She is a staff reporter for Dow Jones Newswires.
Kristi Essick: She is a writer in San Francisco.
Gregory Zuckerman: He is a special writer for The Wall Street Journal in New York.
Paul B. Carroll:  He is a former Wall Street Journal reporter and editor and a writer in Granite Bay, CA.
George Anders: He is a news editor for The Wall Street Journal in Palo Alto, CA.

Who's Who at The Journal Report (Economic Development)

Confirmed: July 28, 2008

Hiroko Tabuchi: She is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Tokyo.
Deborah Steinborn: She is a writer in Hamburg, Germany.
Maura Webber Sadovi: She is a writer in Chicago.
Lawrence Rout: He is the editor of The Journal Report.
Jeff Bennett: He is a staff reporter for Dow Jones Newswires in Chicago.
Kris Hudson: He is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Dallas.
Joel Milliman: He is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Portland, Ore.
Karen Richardson: She is a former staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York.
Kelly Evans: She is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York.

Who's Who at The Associated Press

Ron Fournier is the new chief of The Associated Press' Washington bureau.  He reports to Mike Oreskes, managing editor for U.S. News. (Confirmed: 8/1/08)

Who's Who: The Journal Report

Confirmed: August 4, 2008

Karen Hube: She is a writer in Westport, Conn.
Shefali Anand: She is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York.
Diya Gullapalli: She is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York.
Daisy Maxey: She is a special writer for Dow Jones Newswires in Jersey City, NJ.
Evelyn Juan: She is a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires.
Martin Vaugh: He is a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires.
Jennifer Levitz: She is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Boston.
Leslie Scism: She is a news editor for The Wall Street Journal in South Brunswick, NJ.
Tom Lauricella: He wrote the R1 'Fund Fiend' column.

Who's Who at DJNS

Confirmed: March 31, 2008

Andrew Morse is the San Francisco bureau chief for Dow Jones Newswires.  He reports to Linda Fung, managing editor.

Who's Who at The New York Times (Technology)

Confirmed 7-25-08

Damon Darlin, Technology Editor, based in San Francisco.  Beats: consumer electronics, consumer issues and pricing.

David F. Gallagher, Deputy Technology Editor, based in New York.  Beats: Internet, blogs, search and cellphones.

Vindu Goel, Deputy Technology Editor, based in New York. Beats: social networking, telecommunications, enterprise technology, and blogs.

Who's Who at CNBC

Jonathan Wald is Senior Vice President, Business News (Confirmed 7/21/08).

Who's Who at BusinessWeek

Amy Feldman is Associate Editor of Personal Business (Confirmed 7/23/08), reporting to Susan Woolley, senior editor of personal business.  She  previously was a freelance writing and has contributed to the magazine.

Who's Who at Bloomberg News

Laurie Hays becomes Executive Editor for Company News (Effective 8/4/08), reporting to Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief. 

Who's Who at The Associated Press

Hal Ritter is Business Editor of The Associated Press (Confirmed 6/16/08), reporting to Kristin Gazlay, managing editor for financial news and global training.  Kevin Noblet, previous business editor, resigned.

Who's Who at The Wall Street Journal

Mike Miller is Senior Deputy Managing Editor.  He oversee's the paper's features sections and is responsible for editing the paper when Managing Editor Robert Thomson is unavailable (Confirmed 7/7/08).

Matt Murray is National Editor (Confirmed 7/7/08) overseeing American general and corporate news. Nikhil Deogun is International Editor, overseeing paper's global network of bureaus and correspondents. Mike Williams is the Page One editor, overseeing all front page features and investigative reporting.  All three carry the title Deputy Managing Editor and report to Robert Thomson, managing editor.

Daniel Hertzberg, Deputy Managing Editor, is in charge of the European and Asian edition of the paper and will head the effort to grow the paper in the UK (Confirmed 7/7/08).

Alan Murray, who is already in charge of the Journal Online, becomes a Deputy Managing Editor and will work more closely with the print edition (Confirmed 7/7/08).

Neal Templin, Personal Finance Editor (Confirmed 5/13/08); reports to editor of the Money & Investing section.

Jason Zweig, Personal Finance Columnist (Confirmed 5/13/08); reports to Neal Templin, Personal Finance Editor.

Who's Who at The Wall Street Journal - Editors

From: Thomson, Robert
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:55 PM
To: WSJ All News Staff
Subject: Editorial leadership

Dear All,

I am pleased to announce significant changes to the editorial leadership of The Wall Street Journal, changes which will expedite decision-making and give increased authority and responsibility to reporters and bureau chiefs. These changes will take place in tandem with the creation of a central news desk that will allow significantly enhanced co-operation between print, web and Newswires journalists, in New York and around the world.

At the heart of our new structure will be a National, International and Enterprise Team, a triumvirate which will report directly to me and to whom the bureau chiefs will report. Effective July 7, Matt Murray will become National Editor, overseeing American general and corporate news, and Nikhil Deogun will become International Editor and directly oversee our global network of bureaus and correspondents. Mike Williams will preside over a broadened Page One, being responsible for investigative reporting, as well A-heds and leders. The troika, who will become Deputy Managing Editors, will sit close together in what could prosaically be called a “news hub”, thus streamlining commissioning and editing decisions, and giving them a central role in the production and presentation of copy for the paper and the website.

Mike Miller, who continues to oversee the Journal’s features sections, is to be Senior Deputy Managing Editor and will be responsible for editing the paper if I am otherwise engaged. Cathy Panagoulias becomes a Deputy Managing Editor and will take a greater role in providing administrative support for bureau chiefs and in hiring decisions. Jim Pensiero is to be Deputy Managing Editor for operations, and is masterminding our move to Midtown and the introduction of a new publishing system. Alix Freedman will have expanded authority as a defender of the paper’s ethical and journalistic standards. Alan Murray will remain as Executive Editor of the Journal Online, which will have a more influential role at the heart of the reformed news structure, and becomes a Deputy Managing Editor.

Deputy Managing Editor Dan Hertzberg will take responsibility for the European and Asian editions, and will have the task of building our editorial presence and profile in Europe and, in particular, in the U.K. Reg Chua becomes Senior Assistant Managing Editor, and will oversee the Design Team – a new Director of Design will be appointed in coming days - and the development of data resources.

Most news organizations in the U.S. and around the world are in retreat, but Dow Jones is expanding its reporting resources, rapidly developing its digital content and providing journalism of the highest integrity to an ever larger audience in The Wall Street Journal.

Yours,
Robert.

Norm Pearlstine Joins Bloomberg News

Appointment Reunites Pearlstine with Bloomberg News Founder Winkler

NEW YORK -- Bloomberg today announced that it has named Norman Pearlstine its Chief Content Officer, a newly-created position. In this role Pearlstine will partner with Bloomberg News Founder and
Editor-in-Chief Matthew Winkler to seek growth opportunities for its television, radio, magazine and online products and to make the most of the existing Bloomberg News operations.

    In making the announcement, Bloomberg L.P. President Dan Doctoroff, to whom both Pearlstine and Winkler will report, said, "Norm's exceptional accomplishments as the top news executive at Time Inc. and at The Wall Street Journal, coupled with his most recent work as a Senior Advisor for telecom and
media at The Carlyle Group, give him experience that will prove invaluable to Bloomberg News.  He and Matt Winkler, working side by side, will be one of the most powerful teams in journalism.  Norm will be a tremendous asset to Bloomberg as we continue to shape new media for this century."

CNBC 's David Faber Wins 2 Emmy Awards for Business and Financial Reporting

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., December 4, 2007 – CNBC received two Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting, which recognize outstanding achievement in business and financial reporting. The 5th annual awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) in a luncheon ceremony held at the Rainbow Room in New York City.

We are honored to be recognized with two Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting," said Mark Hoffman, CNBC President.  "These awards represent CNBC's goal and commitment to continually provide viewers with the in-depth news and information they have come to expect from us."

CNBC's monthly primetime business news magazine, "Business Nation," won in the category of Outstanding Investigative Reporting of a Business News Story-News Magazines and Long Form for its piece, "Prescription....and Pay-offs," reported by CNBC's David Faber, chief correspondent of "Business Nation."  CNBC's Mitch Weitzner is executive producer and Alison O'Brien served as a producer on the story.

CNBC also received an Emmy award in the category of Outstanding Documentary on a Business Topic for the network's two-hour original documentary, "Big Brother, Big Business," reported by CNBC correspondent David Faber. CNBC's VP Long Form and Special Programming, Josh Howard, served as executive producer and additional credits include producer Lori Gordon, coordinating producer Alison O'Brien and editor Patrick Ahearn.

Jim Cramer Inks Multi-Year Deal to Remain with CNBC

ENGLEWOOD, N.J., November 28, 2007-CNBC today announced that Jim Cramer, host of "Mad Money w/Jim Cramer" (6PM & 11PM ET), has signed a multi-year deal to remain with the network.

"Jim has played an integral part in CNBC's rebirth. He is not only one of the most respected and successful Wall Street minds but also happens to be a great entertainer," said Mark Hoffman, CNBC
President. "I'm thrilled Jim will remain part of the CNBC family. When Jim Cramer speaks, people listen, and so does the market."

In addition to hosting "Mad Money," Cramer will continue his "Stop Trading" segment with CNBC's Erin Burnett during "Street Signs" (2PM-3PM ET). Cramer will also begin contributing original content to the "Mad Money" homepage (madmoney.cnbc.com) on CNBC.com, the network's official website.

"With my program, CNBC has given me the opportunity to break down the traditionally complicated stock market to engage and educate the next generation of Wall Street investors," says Jim Cramer. "Doing 'Mad Money' everyday is my passion and I'm excited to be a part of this incredible network. This is the only team I want to play for."

MarketWatch.com Names Therese Poletti, Benjamin Pimentel to Editorial Team Covering Technology

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- MarketWatch.com has named Therese Poletti technology columnist and Benjamin Pimentel technology reporter.

Poletti, an award-winning staff writer at the San Jose Mercury News for the last seven years, will deliver real-time breaking news commentary to MarketWatch.com's audience of institutional and retail investors while providing fresh views of large, ongoing news topics in technology. Pimentel, previously a reporter with 14 years of experience at the San Francisco Chronicle, will cover manufacturers and fabrication equipment vendors in the semiconductor industry.

Newsweek Circulations Falls Almost 20%

Newsweek magazine reported this month (November 2007) that it is cutting its advertising rate base to 2.6 million from 3.1 million, a measure of declining circulation.

Women Exerting More Influence in Business Journalism

Like sports journalism, business journalism was long the near-exclusive bastion of male reporters.  With a few notable exceptions -- such as Carol J. Loomis of Fortune and syndicated personal finance columnist Sylvia Porter -- few women before the 1970s merited a byline in the eyes of their male editors.

Well, brothers and sisters, the times they have a-changed.

At some influential news organizations, the number of female editorial business news staffers today surpasses that of men.  Moreover, slowly, but surely, women are taking the reins at a growing number of influential business news outlets.  Consider our list -- in progress -- below.  We welcome your suggestions for additional names to include.

Photo: Fortune's Carol J. Loomis

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Alphabetical by News Organization:


CFO:  JULIA HOMER

CNBC:  PATTI DOMM (Executive Editor, News)

Entrepreneur:  RIEVA LESONSKY

Financial Times:  CHRYSTIA FREELAND (U.S.)

Inc.:  JANE BERENTSON

(Conde Nast's) Portfolio:  JOANNE LIPMAN

Reuters America:  BETTY WONG

Seattle Times:  BECKY BISBEE (Business Editor)
(Photo at right: (c) 2001 TJFR Group, Inc. All rights reserved.)

Wall Street Journal:

  •  LAURIE HAYS (Deputy Managing Editor/Projects)
  •  ALIX FREEDMAN (Deputy Managing Editor/Ethics)
  •  CATHY PANAGOULIAS (Assistant Managing Editor/Recruitment)

See Also:  Women on Top Rungs of Biz-News Ladder (1988)

Dennis K. Berman is a NewsBios Bylines Boxscores™ M.V.P.

For the 12-months ending September 30, 2007 no reporter or editor at The Wall Street Journal had more bylines in the financial daily than Dennis K. Berman, its Mergers & Acquisitions czar.

Indeed, in terms of absolute byline count Berman had almost 25% more total bylines than his nearest colleagues, Justin Lahart and Peter A. McKay.

Berman also ranked in the top 10 for total byline points (weighted) and tied with Greg Ip for the most  front page byline points during the previous year.

Republican's Run Into Economic Resentment Says Alan Murray of The Wall Street Journal

"It's going to make it very difficult for any Republican to get elected in any national election," says The Wall Street Journal's Alan Murray of the resentment that has arisen from the economic uncertainty facing much of the nation.

That is one sentiment Murray expressed during an interview with Frank MacEachern of the Stamford (CT) Times, during an interview prior to Murray's October 22, 2007 before the Stamford World Affairs Forum.  Murray's speech was hosted by Pitney Bowes Inc., at the Pitney Bowes global headquarters, MacEachern reported.

The Times reports that Murray believes "America's direction in economic affairs is now in the hands of Democrats who are increasingly taking a skeptical look at globalization and free trade."

New York Times' Floyd Norris on Panel at Harvard University

A panel of four journalists and academics debated the media's ability and responsibilty for forecasting economic trends, such as the ongoing subprime mortgage crisis and the dot-com bubble.

As reported November 2, 2007 in the Harvard Crimson by Athena Y. Jiang, the panelists included Floyd Norris, chief financial correspondent for The New York Times and Jane B. Quinn, a contributing editor at Newsweek.

According to Jiang, Norris said the media did its job in predicting problems ahead, but the public was in no mood to listen.  "Eventually I got tired of writing how crazy the stock market was," Norris said referring to the high-tech bubble.

A Tribute to Forbes’ Jim Michaels: Editor for All Seasons

Jim Michaels in person is an imposing guy — more fully endowed with intellect, talent and leadership ability than most mortals. Keeping the adjectives to a minimum, let’s just say he’s more incisive and articulate than anyone you are ever apt to encounter. He had a clear sense of Forbes’ journalistic mission from the start, and has pursued it consistently for three decades — varying only the ways and means of executing it, as a great editor must, in order to keep his readers coming back for more.

In dealing with his people, Jim is kind, gentle, even funny one moment, but he can be scathing and impatient the next. Whichever man you encounter, it is the real Michaels. There is not a phony or pretentious bone in his body. He does, however, know exactly how to motivate each of his key people — whom to pressure, whom to cajole, whom to keep guessing.

Many prominent magazine editors become policy setters and corporate gladhanders. They go to board meetings, do talk shows, and make commercials. Not Michaels. In the 1990s he may spend more days at his county place in the Hudson Valley, but from there he still cranks up his modem and manhandles writers’ copy — stunning them, as ever, with how easily he can chop a story in half and make it sing. Like him or not, every writer who’s worked for Jim Michaels will swear that he’s the greatest editor who ever tore a story apart. Front line generals like that get troops to follow them into battle.

Photo:  Jim Michaels, center, with his wife Jean Briggs and veteran Forbes columnist Jerry Flint.
© 2000 TJFR Group.  All rights reserved.

BusinessWeek Cover Story: Fresh Pain for the Uninsured

Readers of BusinessWeek have 50 or so opportunities each year to learn what topics Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler feels merit "Cover Story Treatment."  While other BW journalists research, report and write these high-profile features, make no mistake that it is Adler whose imprimatur can be found on each of them.

If you want to know Steve Adler, read the cover story in BusinessWeek.  It will tell you gobs about how he thinks.

--Dean Rotbart
Executive Editor
NewsBios.com


Recent Business Week Cover Stories:

December 3, 2007 -- Fresh Pain for the Uninsured
     By:  Brian Grow and Robert Berner
     With:  Jessica Silver-Greenberg

In-depth dossier available now from www.newsbios.com.  Phone 866-NEWS-070, ext. 2.

BusinessWeek's Stephen J. Adler's Top Lieutenants (December 3, 2007)

Stephen J. Adler is BusinessWeek's editor-in-chief. What follows is a listing of his top lieutenants. For in-depth profiles of any of them, visit NewsBios.com or call us at 1-866-NEWS-070:

Editor-in-Chief

Stephen "Steve" J. Adler (212-512-3366)

Executive Editors:

John A. Byrne (212-512-2511)
Ellen Joan Pollock (212-512-2511)


LIST CONTINUES

Is The Wall Street Journal's Dennis K. Berman a Civil War Buff?

Dennis K. Berman is best known for writing about the Mergers & Acquisitions industry for The Wall Street Journal.  Indeed, he has been one of the paper's most prolific and highly visible staffers over the past year.

But might Berman be a secret civil war buff?

Our NewsBios researchers have uncovered an article that Berman penned in the July/August 2001 edition of American Heritage magazine that strongly hints that Berman may have more than a passing interest in the Blue v. Gray.

Berman's "Creating the Ultimate Civil War Resource" tells the story of the man behind www.civilwardata.com, a web site offering millions of personnel records pertaining to soldiers who fought in the Civil War.

"It's all tedious work, and it can get especially maddening for [founder Richard] Dobbins when he's trying to make out frilly handwriting preserved on aging microfiche," Berman wrote.  "Still, he grinds on.  For him, the job is something of a higher calling, a public works project of the Digital Age."

NewsBios is only speculating, but we wouldn't be surprised if Berman first pitched the article about Dobbins -- a former fund manager -- to The Wall Street Journal, which wasn't interested at the time.  So Berman may well have shopped it to American Heritage.

What difference does any of this make?  Only this.  Berman is one of the nation's 100 most influential business journalists.  For those who encounter him in a professional capacity, there is no such thing as knowing too much about his thinking and motivations.

Did Google Get Fortune's Andrew Serwer to Pull His Blog Post?

Did Google get Fortune managing editor Andrew Serwer to spike an October 19, 2007 blog post discussing the upcoming nuptuals of Google Inc. co-founder Larry Page to girlfriend Lucy Southworth?

Ordinarily such Internet gossip might be easily dismissed.  But in this case the person asking the question is Peter Cohan, a contributor to BloggingStocks.com, which like Fortune is owned by Time Warner.

Cohan says it's clear that Serwer's post was available on line and then it disappeared, banished even from Google's cache.  (He cites as his source another web site, Valleywag.)  "Valleywag now suggests that the wedding could be held on Richard Branson's Necker Island," Cohan says.  He asks readers to comment if they have any knowledge of why the Serwer piece was yanked.  As of November 22, no reader has responded.

NYTimes.com Launches Enhanced Technology Section Overseen By Lawrence Ingrassia

Redesigned Section Includes Content From Around the Web
Blogrunner Aggregates the Most Relevant Technology News

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NYTimes.com today launched an expanded and enhanced version of its technology section (www.nytimes.com/technology) with a different look, further aggregation of top publications and more tech news updates throughout the day. New content providers to the section, IDG Media Brands and paidContent.org, will contribute their reporting to The Times’s coverage of breaking news. Content feeds are provided by Blogrunner.com, a feed aggregator owned by the Times Company that monitors blog postings and the online conversations they inspire. The enhanced section offers readers a more comprehensive understanding of the technology industry, companies and trends, as well as a breakdown of policy issues affecting the business of technology.

The technology section fully integrates Blogrunner with a module on the section front that features frequently updated links to other sources reporting on technology, both blogs and traditional media publications, chosen by Times editors for their significance. This editing process enables readers to get a thoughtful overview of the day’s top print and online coverage, all on one site.

“This new site further enhances The New York Times’s dominant position among the influential readers who frequent our business and technical sections,” said Vivian Schiller, senior vice president and general manager, NYTimes.com. “With the deployment of Blogrunner to aggregate the most relevant content from around the Web, we will further solidify our position as the online ‘must-read.’”

“This section is essentially all you need to understand everything that is happening, on any given day, in the world of technology,” said Lawrence Ingrassia, business and financial editor, The New York Times. “With our reporters breaking news throughout the day on the BITS blog and the aggregation of the best outside content, Times readers will be able to find, consolidated in one place, the most critical and compelling stories about technology each day.”

Stephen J. Adler Explains Redesign of BusinessWeek

Stephen J. Adler, editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek, says the relaunch of the 78-year-old magazine is aimed at keeping apace with the harried lives of the magazine's 4.8 million weekly readers.

"...we live in your world -- one of intense time pressure, global competition, information overload, and relentless change," Adler writes in his Editor's Memo. "And like you, we can't stand still."

Adler told The New York Times:

"We're seeing a reader who is much busier than ever. But if you really add tremendous value to the reader, and they're deeply engaged in the material, the broad premise is: that's good for everyone -- the consumer and the advertiser."

Adler has been at the top of the BusinessWeek masthead since April 2005.

Trade Pub Names Portfolio's Joanne Lipman One of 2007's Most Intriguing People

min magazine, which keeps watch over the magazine and publishing industry, has named Portfolio magazine's Joanne Lipman one of the 21 Most Intriguing People in Publishing, 2007.  Joining Lipman on the list is her Portfolio colleague, David Carey, publisher.

NYT's Floyd Norris Has Appeared Periodically as an Expert on PBS' Charlie Rose Show

With its large and sophisticated audience, the Charlie Rose show on PBS is a plum venue to earn public respect as an expert.  Which is exactly what has happened to New York Times' Floyd Norris, who is periodically tapped by the public television show to discuss business and financial news.

Most recently, Norris, chief financial correspondent for the Times, was featured in a September 18, 2007 (photo) discussion on the Federal Reserve's rate cut.

On August 7, 2007, Norris and journalist Katherine Burton discussed the credit squeeze.

These WSJ Reporters Hold Claim to the Paper’s Prime Real Estate (March 2007)

More than 900 total bylines appeared on the front page of the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal in the six-month period ending March 31, 2007.

Page One of the Journal remains one of the most influential corners of news real estate in the business and financial journalism profession.

Of those whose bylines graced the Journal’s front page, just eight reporters can boast that they wrote or contributed to ten or more page one articles.

How did the reporter covering your company or clients stack up against his or her colleagues for number and quality of bylines?

Washington D.C.-based Jackie Calmes, a Journal veteran who writes on the intersection of politics and economics, led her colleagues not in shear number of Page One bylines but in terms of their NewsBios’ weighted value.

(Since October 1, 2006, NewsBios has tracked each and every reporter whose byline appears in The Wall Street Journal – including reporters for sibling news organizations such as MarketWatch and Dow Jones News Service. The NewsBios databases note each reporter’s total byline count, location of bylines, and “byline points” based upon a proprietary weighting system to separate ordinary bylines from high-visibility bylines.)

Calmes posted five solo Page One stories and five additional co-written pieces. Her efforts just edged out colleague Mark Whitehouse, who had the same number of solo front page articles but fewer shared bylines.

While comparing bylines isn't the only measure of influence for reporters at a news organization, it is an important component. Editors at most major news organizations keep track of similar byline statistics, which can be used in job performance reviews and determining beat assignments.

Other Journal reporters accruing double-digit bylines or contributions between October 1 and March 31 were Yochi J. Dreazen, Greg Jaffe, Charles Forelle, Guy Chazan, Greg Ip and Dennis K. Berman.

Rounding out the list of 25 top Page One point gathers:

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Wall Street Journal's Alan Murray Among Speakers At Recent 'Future of Business Media' in NYC

Alan Murray, executive editor of The Wall Street Journal Online, was one of the featured speakers at the recently concluded 'Future of Business Media' conference in New York.

According to Rafat Ali, writing at paidContent.org, Murray was a panelist at the event's speakers dinner, which also featured Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times and David Lieberman of USA Today.

Ali described the discussion as "vigourous" and said it included a look at how their jobs in business journalism have changed in the past two years.

At Age 42, Stephen J. Adler Was Named An Assistant Managing Editor for the WSJ

[This article originally appeared in the January 1998 edition of TJFR Business News Reporter, Vol. 11 No. 11]

Stephen J. Adler has been named an assistant managing editor of The
Wall Street Journal. The former deputy Page One editor does not
replace anyone, but rather becomes the Journal’s fourth a.m.e. — a
position one notch below that of the paper’s two deputy managing
editors.

Mr. Adler, 42, has been with the Journal for nearly 10 years and has
spent the last few years focusing on high-profile investigative
pieces, first as investigative projects editor and, since last
January, as deputy Page One editor.

He was the editor of the Journal’s 1996 Pulitzer Prize-winning
coverage of the tobacco industry, written by Alix M. Freedman; and
was also in charge of groundbreaking stories on emerging AIDS
therapies and the Page One piece on the death of basketball star
Reggie Lewis.

Women on Top Rungs of Biz-News Ladder - TJFR Business News Reporter 1988

[This article originally appeared in June 1988 in the TJFR Business News Reporter, Vol. 2. No. 7]

    As a 24-year-old budding business reporter, Karen W. Arenson recalls there were virtually no women business editors to emulate. That was in 1975. Today, Ms. Arenson, Sunday business-section editor for The New York Times, need look no further than the mirror to find a role model for other women journalists.

Ms. Arenson is one of a small, select group of women at the uppermost rungs of news management who are helping to shape business journalism in this country. To get to their current posts, they have had to overcome all the professional and personal hurdles faced by their male counterparts, and then some.

    By this publication’s count, there are at least 14 leading journalists who deserve membership in TJFR’s Top Women in Business News club.   The admissions criteria are tough.

For starters, members of this elite group must already have obtained positions of stature at the largest, most-competitive and most- influential business-news organizations in the country. Specifically, all the members were selected from daily news-papers in the top 25 markets, large-circulation business and news magazines, and national business-news television programs.

    As a result, some highly regarded women business editors — such as Sandra Duerr at the (Louisville) Courier-Journal; Lynne Enders Glaser at the Fresno Bee; Cheryl M. Hall at the Dallas Morning News; Janet Lowe at the San Diego Tribune, and Susan C. Thomson at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch — were eliminated from consideration. 

    Similarly, occupying a high position on a business-news masthead didn’t necessarily warrant inclusion on TJFR’s Top Women in Business News list. Those selected were required to have substantial authority over the broad direction of news coverage and staffing. In many instances, they also control the editorial purse strings.

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Jim Cramer Named One of 1998's Top 100 Business Journalists

[On an annual basis, TJFR Business News Reporter named the 100 Most Influential Business Journalists in the United States.  In 1998 - Volume 11. Nos. 12/13 - Cramer was ranked #43 on the list.]

James J. Cramer: The Street.com — #48

Business journalists love Jim Cramer. He’s quotable. He’s accessible. He’s knowledgeable. And he’s one of them.

No wonder it seems almost impossible these days to turn on a financial news program and not see the excitable Mr. Cramer pontificating on one topic or another. If influence were solely a matter of visibility, Mr. Cramer would be near the top of this year’s list.

The journalist turned professional hedge fund manager turned part-time journalist serves as a regular commentator on CNBC, a contributor to GQ and Time magazines and a daily columnist for the Internet site he founded and chairs, TheStreet.com.

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