Getting away from formulaic housing stories
Steve Myers, the managing editor of Poynter.org, writes Wednesday about how business reporters can avoid writing boring and formulaic stories about the housing market. Myers writes, “The routine approach is to call an economist or real estate agent and ask what the latest figures mean. That’s how we end up with conventional wisdom like ‘It’s […]
Choosing stories that viewers care about
Markos Papadatos of Greek USA Reporter interviewed the anchor for the nationally syndicated program “MarketWatch Weekend,” which airs exclusively on CBS stations, Alexis Christoforous, about her career and covering business stories. Papadatos writes, “‘I was always very curious as a child. I asked a lot of questions and I started talking at a young age. […]
No “vampire squid” phrases in Bloomberg Markets
Kat Stoeffel of the New York Observer writes about Bloomberg Markets magazine, interviewing its editor Ron Henkoff and how the magazine differentiates itself from other business glossies. Stoeffel writes, “As far as advertisers are concerned, this means Markets readers largely work in finance and as such are astronomically rich, influential and desirable, but potentially less engaged […]
No "vampire squid" phrases in Bloomberg Markets
Kat Stoeffel of the New York Observer writes about Bloomberg Markets magazine, interviewing its editor Ron Henkoff and how the magazine differentiates itself from other business glossies. Stoeffel writes, “As far as advertisers are concerned, this means Markets readers largely work in finance and as such are astronomically rich, influential and desirable, but potentially less engaged […]
Finding the narrative within the numbers and analysis
Barbara Perry Bind of the Greenwich Citizen in Connecticut interviewed Bloomberg Television anchor Margaret Brennan about her career and her current job. Here is an excerpt: As the anchor of Bloomberg TV’s “InBusiness with Margaret Brennan,” what is your approach to the news? Finance is the first globalized industry. The economic crisis showed us how […]
NYT’s Leonhardt explains Pulitzer-winning column writing
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Last week, David Leonhardt reached the pinnacle of journalism. He won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his weekly columns about the economy in the New York Times business section. Leonhardt had been a finalist the year before. Leonhardt writes “Economic Scene,” a weekly economics column, for The Times business section, […]
NYT's Leonhardt explains Pulitzer-winning column writing
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Last week, David Leonhardt reached the pinnacle of journalism. He won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his weekly columns about the economy in the New York Times business section. Leonhardt had been a finalist the year before. Leonhardt writes “Economic Scene,” a weekly economics column, for The Times business section, […]
The word “tame” and inflation coverage
Hal Morris, writing on his GrumpyEditor.com blog, wonders why the word “tame” has become common usage when describing inflation. Morris writes, “When Grumpy Editor sees or hears ‘tame,’ he thinks of the term used to convert a wild animal (such as a bear) to a domesticated state — a definition similar to what one finds […]
The word "tame" and inflation coverage
Hal Morris, writing on his GrumpyEditor.com blog, wonders why the word “tame” has become common usage when describing inflation. Morris writes, “When Grumpy Editor sees or hears ‘tame,’ he thinks of the term used to convert a wild animal (such as a bear) to a domesticated state — a definition similar to what one finds […]
Going against the conventional wisdom
By Sarah Frier Pay attention when things don’t make sense. That’s how New York Times investigations editor for the business and finance desk Walt Bogdanich comes up with his story ideas. If a source says something unexpected in conversation, if he sees something out of place, if he finds a strange fact mentioned in passing in another […]
