Articles by Bill Barnhart
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Bill Barnhart Financial markets columnist, The Chicago Tribune |
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Book Review: Secrets of Economic Indicators Belongs on Business News Desk
Monday, September 12, 2005
Bernard Baumohl, an economist and former journalist for Time magazine, has taken on the challenge of describing economic indicators that for the last 10 years or so have comprised essential elements of the business news file.
Commodity Coverage Requires Unique ApproachTuesday, April 26, 2005
Commodity coverage has become a mainstream, if occasional, part of business reporting. When you are handed a commodity story assignment, two mental steps will make your job easier.
Develop Better Markets CoverageMonday, September 27, 2004
Whether you like it or not, space and time devoted to business news in the mainstream media ebb and flow in relation to a single factor – public interest in the stock market.
Book Review: Roush's Show Me The Money Presents Extensive Menu of Business Reporting TasksWednesday, June 09, 2004
Roush presents an extensive menu of business reporting tasks – macroeconomics; corporate financial statements and other SEC disclosures; mergers and acquisitions; the stock market and initial public offerings...
Book Review: For Business Journalists, 'The $800 Million Pill' is Worth SwallowingTuesday, May 11, 2004
Merrill Goozner's analysis of Big Pharma belongs on the shelf of any business reporter who covers health care or who dreams of putting his or her curiosity – about any business -- between book covers.
Book Review: Journalist's Guide to Financial Statements Gets to the PointFriday, May 07, 2004
Bill Barnhart, financial markets columnist at The Chicago Tribune reviews publication by financial analyst Jay Taparia.
REVIEW: Journalists Tell the Enron Story in Two Different WaysFriday, January 30, 2004
Taken together, two books by reporters who covered the Enron debacle for The Wall Street Journal and Fortune are like a DVD of your favorite movie. You get the theater version plus much more.