A recent study by the Pew Center Project for Excellence in Journalism shows 34% of newspapers are cutting back on the amount of business news they carry. My personal experience is that of the remaining "business news" much of it is Associated Press-type national news, consumer oriented retail news or simply endless lists of stock quotes.
Real business news, that which is relevent, timely and compelling seems to only be found any more on the pages on local and regional business weeklies. Whether it's Crain's Detroit Business (or NY, or Cleveland or Chicago), the Indianapolis Business Journal, The Business Journal of Milwaukee or any of the others, weekly business tabloids have become the last bastion of solid business-to-business journalism in a world of fluff and excess.
Our very own Grand Rapids Business Journal, while not tearing up sales records this year, remains one of the few, consistent, reliable, believable news source for local business. The print product, combined with our online version of the paper now provides a daily -- even hourly -- analysis of b2b happenings in the area.
You may not get the breathless delivery of Suzanne Geha or the latest on the local grain elevator from the GR Press, but you get solid reporting by a veteran staff, with no agenda and no bull.
Yep, I'm proud of what our editorial staff delivers. After 21 years here, I'd have to be pretty stupid to still be here if I didn't think this was THE business publication. Try it. You'll like it.
Monday, July 21, 2008
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