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Scott Patterson (author)
Scott Patterson (born December 29, 1969) is an American financial journalist and bestselling author. He is a staff reporter at ''The Wall Street Journal'' and author of ''Dark Pools: High-Speed Traders, A.I. Bandits, and the Threat to the Global Financial System'' and ''The New York Times'' bestselling book ''The Quants''. Journalism Patterson has as Master of Arts and English degree from James Madison University. Patterson is a staff reporter at ''The Wall Street Journal'' covering government regulation of the financial industry. His coverage has included high-profile interviews with Mark Cuban, Warren Buffett, Edward Thorp and others. He has been described as the "go-to guy" for high-tech journalism, covering topics such as dark pools, flash crashes, algorithmic trading and high-frequency trading (HFT). Patterson is an active critic of high-frequency trading, citing HFT as a major cause of market volatility and preferential treatment of select firms, yet acknowledging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Financial Journalist
Business journalism is the part of journalism that tracks, records, analyzes and interprets the business, economic and financial activities and changes that take place in societies. Topics widely cover the entire purview of all commercial activities related to the economy. This area of journalism provides news and feature articles about people, places and issues related to the business sector. Most newspapers, magazines, radio, and television-news shows include a business segment. Detailed and in-depth business journalism may appear in publications, radio, and television channels dedicated specifically to business and financial journalism. History Business journalism began as early as the Middle Ages, to help well-known trading families communicate with each other. Around 1700, Daniel Defoe—best known for his novels especially ''Robinson Crusoe''—began publishing business and economic news. In 1882 Charles Dow, Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser began a wire servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |