Texas paper seeks biz reporter

The Waco Tribune-Herald is searching for an experienced business reporter who can dig up stories, spot trends and lead comprehensive coverage.
Applicants should have three years of business reporting experience and clips that display in-depth work, and excellent writing skills.
The paper is located in central Texas. To learn more about this job click here.

An opening for an experienced biz reporter

The News-Leader Media Group in Springfield, Mo. is searching for an experienced business reporter.
The ideal candidate should be able to look beyond press releases to create enterprising business coverage for both the print and Web editions of this locally-focused news organization.
Also, the applicant must have "proven beat-building skills, is focused on the impact of events on consumers and business owners alike and understands that the best coverage comes through collaboration with colleagues."
Sound like the right fit? Click here for more info.

Are you a biz reporter who loves storytelling? Check out this job

The Journal Record in Oklahoma seeks a biz reporter for its Tulsa bureau who can find the people stories behind the balance sheets.
The paper wants to hear from you "if you know how to get out from behind your desk with a notebook in your hand and find the great stories no one else is telling."
Applicants with multimedia skills are encouraged to apply.
For more information click here.

Florida daily is looking for you

A South Florida daily newspaper is searching for a business journalist to cover South Florida professional services firms and business regulation.
The beat will focus on the region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. It will also include coverage of national and statewide issues through the lens of the local market.
The name of the publication was not given in the post.
Find more information and apply online here.

EBI looking for biz journalist

Elsevier Business Intelligence (EBI) in Rockville, MD is looking to hire a temporary Reporter/Editor for The Rose Sheet, a trade journal for the cosmetics, personal-care and fragrance industries.

Weekly coverage is business and regulation-oriented including interpreting the significance of market developments and regulatory actions in the U.S. and abroad for an industry audience.

Coverage areas also could include legislative activity, product launches and financial updates from companies.

This temporary full time assignment requires a three month duration based in the Rockville, MD or New York City office.

For more information on their Mediabistro.com posting here.

2009 Loeb Award winners announced

The Loeb Awards, established in 1957 by the late Gerald Loeb to recognize journalists who make contributions to the understanding of business, finance and the economy, held the 2009 awards banquet last night, where winners were announced.

The awards include two special awards for career contributions: the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was given to Bill Emmott, former editor-in-chief of The Economist; and the Lawrence Minard Editor Award, which went to Lawrence Ingrassia, business and financial editor of The New York Times.

There were awards given in 12 additional competition categories such as online, breaking news, magazines and beat writing.

See the list of 2009 Loeb Awards recipients here.

Journalist sells Hollywood news site

Entertainment business writer Nikki Finke announced Tuesday that she has sold her news Web site, Deadline Hollywood Daily, to Mail.com Media Corp (MMC), The Wall Street Journal reported.

The sale is a move that may possibly hint at the growing value and popularity of small, online media outlets.

Finke, who has written for Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times and New York Magazine, is the founder and writer of DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com.

Finke has been the “Deadline Hollywood” columnist for LA Weekly since 2002, writing about the business, politics and culture of the infotainment industry. Together, her print column and her Deadline HollywoodDaily.com have won first place in major entertainment journalism contests, including the Southern California Journalism Awards' Entertainment Journalist Of The Year and the National Entertainment Journalism Awards, in which she swept every online category.
According to the Wall Street Journal story, neither Finke nor MMC Chief Executive Jay Penske, son of auto-racing magnate Roger Penske, would disclose the amount of the sale.

Reuters and SABEW team up for discussion session

It comes as no surprise that our industry is changing.

To help prepare for the needs of the future, Reuters and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers are teaming up to host a discussion with some of the top producers in business journalism.

The dicussion, being held Tuesday, June 30, will include the following panelists: 

Chrystia Freeland, US managing editor, Financial Times
Larry Ingrassia, business editor, The New York Times
Sree Sreenivasan, dean of student affairs & new media professor, Columbia Journalism School
Laurel Touby, founder & CEO, Mediabistro.com

The discussion will be moderated by
Betty Wong, global managing editor, Reuters.

Get full details here.

OC Register biz reporter heads to Bloomberg

The OC Weekly reports that John Gittelsohn, a business reporter at the Orange County Register, is leaving the paper for a job at Bloomberg News in New York City.
The report says that Gittelsohn will cover national real estate topics for Bloomberg. His last day at the paper will be June 26.
Gittelsohn joined the Register as a education reporter, but is more recently known for his standout business coverage in South California.
From the story:

John came to the Register from the Sun Sentinel in Florida to cover K-12 education. He later reported OC's Asian communities, traveling to Vietnam and China on reporting trips, state government, including covering Arnold for two years in our Sacramento bureau, and, most recently, reporting on Orange County's rich and infamous, such as indicted Broadcom billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III.