The Wall Street Journal versus The Financial Times
The Wall Street Journal versus The Financial Times On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs, the former CEO of the Apple Corporation, died at age 56. Given Jobs’ persona as a prominent business leader, two business media organizations, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and The Financial Times (FT) were prime contributors to the media coverage of this event. This paper will compare and contrast the coverage from these two sources of media, one based in the United States, the other based in the United Kingdom. First, the two coverage collections will be analyzed as to the types of articles produced, ...
