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Keep up to date with important developments in the world of journalism. In this and every issue, you'll meet top editors and reporters who shape the news agenda.
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FDIC Complains About Bloomberg News Story
In a nationally distributed "open letter" to Bloomberg News on September 25th, the FDIC complained about an article written by Bloomberg's David Evans earlier in the day.
Andrew Gray, director of the FDIC's Office of Public Affairs, complained to Bloomberg News Executive Editor John McCorry, saying that the story - FDIC May Need $150 Billion Bailout as Local Bank Failures Mount - "does a disservice to your organization and your readers by painting a skewed picture of the FDIC insurance fund."
In particular, Mr. Gray took issue with Mr. Evan's assertion that U.S. taxpayers may have to foot the bill for an FDIC bailout. The FDIC official added that the Bloomberg story "demonstrates a misunderstanding of FDIC taxpayers."
Although the FDIC release got some media coverage, it does not appear that Mr. McCorry, Mr. Evans or Bloomberg News issued any public response to the complaint.
NewsBios Excerpt: Prior to joining Bloomberg, Mr. Evans (pictured above) was an investigative producer for CNN for two years, where he covered financial and medical fraud. He left CNN to work as an attorney with the Commodity Futures Trading Association for five years.
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Meet WSJ's Robert Thomson
Some say he is the most influential business and financial journalist in the United States.
Thomson, 47, took the helm of the paper in May 2008 and has overseen the paper's coverage of the September/October financial crisis.
We recently updated Thomson's full, 10,600-word NewsBio, which is available for free from NewsBios-on-Demand.com. Download it now. NewsBios Excerpt: "I think you have to be careful. One of the things you learn in Australia is to take the piss out of yourself. You have to be self-effacing. Or otherwise, you lose your way. And if you don't have your bearings, in whatever you do, you won't do it well." |
Contest #2
Not to Drop Names, But I Do Know Uma Thurman
Although
I write for The Wall Street Journal, I have never traded a single share
of stock. For extra cash, I prefer dog sitting.
I
graduated from the University of North Carolina where I won recognition
as a reporter for the Daily Tar Heel. I dig the Tar Heels.
I also
like running. I placed #178 among all female finishers in the JPMorgan Chase
Corporate Challenge in 2007.
I
originally hail from East Lyme, Connecticut, where my mother Catherine, has been
active with the Niantic Toastmasters Club. It's not been an easy stretch
for mom. Two of her brothers - my uncles - died in close proximity. Uncle
Stephen, 57, was a journalist and priest who spent many years in Chile and once
interviewed Daniel Ortega, then president of
Nicaragua.
Uncle Charles, 52, died early this year in Honolulu.
Since
joining the Journal in 2006, my byline has appeared on six front-page articles,
three of which I wrote and reported on my own. The one that got the biggest
reaction was my first-person account of my experience serving on the jury that
convicted Jack Jordan of stalking actress Uma Thurman. Some
pundits criticized me and the Journal for that story, arguing that my note
taking for an article at the same time I was deliberating constituted a
conflict-of-interest.
My real
assignment is coverage of online advertising, focusing on a burgeoning and
rapidly evolving segment of the ad industry. Tracking how companies such as
Google, MySpace, Facebook and others vie for advertising
dollars constitutes a big part of my beat.
I
recently asked two companies who specialize in targeted advertising to size me
up. Here's a piece of what I wrote:
"The company correctly labeled me as
someone who spends time exercising and socializing at bars and nightclubs; is
interested in foreign travel; and likes to go to the movies. Based on my
profile, I would likely get pitches from trendy clothing retailers and health
clubs, or see ads touting impromptu travel offers, movies or fitness gear. In
fact, I spend money on all of these things."
I'm 24
years old.
What's My Byline?™
CONTEST #1: UNCLE ALBERT WAS A CIVIL WAR HERO WHO LIKED BICYCLES
Journalists and communications executives who think they know the name of this prominent editor are invited to submit their guess to contest@whatsmybyline.com. All correct entries will be placed in an annual drawing to win a $250.00 gift certificate good for purchases from Editor-in-Chief.com. Correct guessers will also be acknowledged in future editions of What's My Byline?™
[What's My Byline?™ is a trademark of NewsBios.com and its parent company TJFR Group, Inc. What's My Byline?™ sketches are written independent of the journalists being profiled and without their participation. All content is © 2008 TJFR Group, Inc.]
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NewsBios Bites
Facts and insights from new or recently updated NewsBios.
- It's World Series season and baseball fans may be interested to know that Platts' electric power reporter, Jeff Ryser, was drafted by the Seattle Pilots baseball club in 1969. The Pilots subsequently relocated to Milwaukee and are now the Brewers. Jeff chose to play baseball at Oklahoma State University rather than go pro.
- The Australian Broadcasting Company's John Barron tracked down BusinessWeek senior writer Nanette Byrnes, who works from a home office in North Carolina, to interview her about the collapse of AIG.
- During his marathon coverage of Hurricane Ike last month, The Wall Street Journal's Ben Casselman photographed a Galveston man dressed in a bear costume dancing along the shore as the menacing ocean swell rises behind him. Ben's photo was posted at WSJ.com.
- Kevin Orland, who watches the U.S. Commodities Industry for Bloomberg News, is known as "KO" by his friends on MySpace. Among his posted interests are playing guitar, art museums and "eating hot dogs from Carm's while watching Cubs baseball." Well, as diehard Cubs fans like to say, "there is always next year."
- Happy Birthday to Teresa Tritch, economic issues and tax policy expert on the editorial board of The New York Times. A native of Los Angeles, Teresa was born on October 11, 1958.
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Conversation Starters
 NewsBios's Executive Editor Dean Rotbart now hosts a blog on WSJ.com's new Journal Community. The topic? Journalists, of course. (To read the blog or comment, you must be a paid subscriber to WSJ.com.)
Grade the Media's Coverage of the Financial Collapse
Share your views of the Good, the Bad and the truly Ugly of media coverage of the financial collapse. Name names, if you will! Which news organizations and which journalists deserve our praise? Which deserve our derision? Do you think any reporter or new organization can correctly claim credit for having warned us ahead of time? Speak out and let the business and financial journalists of America hear from you.
Murders of Anna Politkovskaya and Paul Klebnikov
This week marks the 2nd anniversary of the murder of Russian investigative reporter, Anna Politkovskaya, who was shot to death outside her Moscow apartment. Before her murder, Anna was unyielding in her reporting on human rights violations in Chechnya. The investigation into her murder and the related trial are shams, similar to those that followed the gunning down of Forbes Moscow editor Paul Klebnikov in 2004. Both remind us of how grateful we must be for our abilities to report freely in this country.
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Dean Rotbart
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