Investors vs. the Public

Why the business press should focus on the latter

By Dean Starkman   Sep 17, 2009 at 05:02 PM

Bloomberg posts interesting results of a poll saying that investors and the general public see Obama's economic performance very differently.... More

Anticipating Peter Goodman’s New Book

By Dean Starkman   Sep 16, 2009 at 05:53 PM

If this excerpt is any indication, Past Due, a new book by New York Times economics writer Peter S. Goodman... More

Plagiarism Follies at the Courant

TribCo unit fumbles a scandal

By Dean Starkman   Sep 8, 2009 at 03:53 PM

On the subject of newspapers chewing their own legs off, the Hartford Courant, is in the process of doing... More

Gannett Spins the Hamster Wheel

By Dean Starkman   Aug 31, 2009 at 05:09 PM

It is disturbing, to say the least, to see American newspapers chewing their own legs off as they try to... More

A Needless Ethical Slip

By Dean Starkman   Aug 28, 2009 at 10:59 AM

The WSJ’s current ethical snafu of hiring the head of a global PR giant to write a column, even on... More

Brill Rakes Muck in NYC Schools

Fine urban-affairs reporting in the New Yorker. More please.

By Dean Starkman   Aug 27, 2009 at 05:30 PM

Steven Brill’s New Yorker story on the quagmire that is the New York City school system is an example of... More

Final Blow to a 60 Minutes story

By Dean Starkman   Aug 21, 2009 at 09:25 AM

As Dealbook reports, a New Jersey judge threw out a lawsuit filed by Canadian drugmaker Biovail Corp. against a hedge... More

Now We’re Blaming Lending Laws?

The WSJ tries—and fails—to tie strict laws to slow growth

By Dean Starkman   Aug 18, 2009 at 04:30 PM

The WSJ had an interesting story on how Vermont's strict lending laws have kept foreclosures down. But it goes off... More

Don’t Dismiss Taibbi

What the mainstream press can learn from a Goldman takedown

By Dean Starkman   Aug 6, 2009 at 12:58 PM

Mainstream financial journalism is doing its level, eye-rolling, heavy-sighing best to stuff Matt Taibbi back into the alt-press hole he... More

When Financial Media Blogs Collide

Competing views of journalism emerge

By Dean Starkman   Jul 20, 2009 at 12:43 PM

As Ryan Chittum noted on Saturday, Yvette Kantrow, a columnist and editor with The Deal, a Wall Street trade publication... More

Journalism Scandal at News Corp

By Dean Starkman   Jul 10, 2009 at 02:22 AM

While it's too early to draw conclusions, anyone interested in what goes on at the owner the nation's leading financial... More

“All gerbils die, and when they do, hardly anybody really gives a damn.”

By Dean Starkman   Jun 22, 2009 at 03:32 PM

Not bad for a graduation speech. Doug Bates, an editorial writer at the Oregonian, gave University of Oregon J-School grads... More

A Pecora-Style Commission Will Help the Narrative

By Dean Starkman   Jun 12, 2009 at 01:39 PM

This occurred to me while reading the extensive coverage leading up to, the live blogging of, the video, and next-day... More

Business Journalism Saves Planet

From near-certain disaster

By Dean Starkman   Jun 11, 2009 at 10:03 AM

Bloomberg has a nice item showing the power of the business press for good. Or at least the power of... More

Attitude Adjustment

By Dean Starkman   Jun 11, 2009 at 09:45 AM

Bloomberg's Jon Weil offers a helpful perspective on how to think about all these Wall Street goings on, such at... More

WSJ Flicks on Lights in a Wall Street Corner

By Dean Starkman   Jun 11, 2009 at 08:32 AM

A terrific story in the Journal this morning shines a light on what the country's brightest minds do all day... More

Man on Wire

By Dean Starkman   Jun 10, 2009 at 11:34 AM

I understand, of course, the American journalism convention to keep opinions out of news columns and to stick to verifiable... More

More Fed Coverage, Please

By Dean Starkman   Jun 10, 2009 at 10:00 AM

The MSMs all have short items on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's unusal subpoena of the Federal... More

Language Matters at the Globe

By Dean Starkman   Jun 9, 2009 at 04:30 PM

I wish The Wall Street Journal had taken better care in crafting the lede of its story on the Boston... More

“My Sources Say No”

By Dean Starkman   Jun 9, 2009 at 10:51 AM

That's the answer I got when I asked Magic Eight Ball whether our beyond-worst-case financial catastrophe will result in effective... More