How Dealbook is perceived by a European audience

Michael de la Merced

Russell Sherman of Press Profiles interviewed Michael de la Merced, a reporter for Dealbook at the New York Times.

De la Merced is based in London, where he has been based since 2017.

“It made sense for Dealbook to have me over here,” said de la Merced, “…adding an international component to my coverage.”

He said that multinational companies based in England want to talk to the Times because they know it reaches an American audience.

He joined Dealbook in 2006 during its early days, and one of his first stories was covering an insider trader case.

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.