Table of Contents

Introduction; Business journalism's beginning; The first real business publications and journalists; The muckrakers and business; A depression in business journalism; The effects of public relations and advertising; The business magazine changes everything; The rise of The Wall Street Journal; Business journalism on radio and TV; Business journalism begins to prosper; The roaring '90s; The business media and the auto industry; Business news on the lnternet; The scandals that were missed; Media and Wall Street; Business media and society; Index.

About the Author

Chris Roush is the Walter E Hussman Sr Distinguished Scholar at University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill. He has been quoted about business journalism in publications such as American Journalism Review, the New York Times, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.