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Sougata Mukherjee, the editor of the Triangle Business Journal in Raleigh, writes about the redesign of the newspaper and what it means for news coverage. Mukherjee writes, “The business world moves faster than ever, so we now deliver all our breaking news twice a day to your inbox as Triangle Business Journal morning and afternoon […]

Why fact checking is important in business journalism

Bethany McLean, a business journalist at Vogue, writes about the importance of fact checking in business journalism on LinkedIn. McLean writes, “I got my job in 1995, just as the last golden age of magazine business journalism, fueled by heavy spending dotcom companies, was beginning. Time Inc, which owns Fortune, was itself just transitioning into […]

Rumors, accuracy and the M&A beat

Only one third of stories written about companies being takeover targets between 2000 and 2011 proved to be accurate, according to research by two business school professors. “Accuracy” was defined by whether the rumored takeover target received an official offer within one year of the story. The researchers discovered that accurate rumor articles are more […]

Jaffe: Biz journalists need to use data with personal examples

Business journalists need to be able to decipher complicated data and be able to explain what that data means through the use of personal examples, a senior Marketwatch columnist said Wednesday night. “Data driven reporting is quantitative and unemotional,” said Chuck Jaffe, who primarily writes about mutual funds. “Bringing it home gets the story out […]

Behind the Bloomberg News Women’s Project

Lisa Kassenaar is a veteran reporter and editor for Bloomberg News and the driving force behind the Bloomberg News Women’s Project, an initiative to ensure women are better represented in the news. Bloomberg In Depth recently spoke with Lisa to discuss the origins of the project and the extent of her involvement. Here is an […]

Talking crisis strategy when dealing with business journalists

Monty Hagler is president and chief executive officer of RLF Communications in Greensboro, N.C. Hagler has worked on both the agency and the corporate side of communications for Trone, Capstrat and First Union, now Wells Fargo. In an email interview with Talking Biz News, Hagler discusses forming a strategy for dealing with a crisis as […]

How a biz journalist built a “content” business

Margot Carmichael Lester founded The Word Factory in 1993 and spends her time focusing on providing quality content for her clients. She began her journalism career as the high school correspondent for the Chapel Hill Weekly, edited by the famous Jim Shumaker. She’s covered business for a number of outlets including the Los Angeles Business […]

Columbia Journalism review seeks entries for Best Business Writing 2014

The editors at Columbia Journalism Review are in the process of putting together the third book in its Best Business Writing series with Columbia University Press, and while they read a lot of business journalism (and I do mean a lot of business journalism), they can’t read everything. Ryan Chittum writes, “What are the most […]

Immersive storytelling at The Wall Street Journal

John Crowley, digital editor The Wall Street Journal, shared his tips for immersive storytelling at a recent digital journalism conference. Abigail Edge of journalism.co.uk writes, “He also noted that although WSJ London does not have the same resources as the outlet’s New York office, you do not need ‘a cast of thousands’ to produce engaging […]

What “no comment” means when covering M&A

Dan Primack of Fortune.com writes about the semantics of “no comment” from a company CEO who may or may not be involved in negotiating a merger or acquisition. Primack writes, “I don’t begrudge anyone their opinion (including about me), but I do feel that there may be a fundamental misunderstanding about what ‘no comment’ usually […]