How a business reporter became hooked on covering M&A
Tara Lachapelle is a mergers and acquisitions columnist for Bloomberg Gadfly, a fast commentary section of Bloomberg’s editorial operations that launched in November. Before joining Gadfly, Lachapelle wrote Bloomberg’s Real M&A column and had brief stints on the stocks and corporate finance teams. She is a graduate of Suffolk University and holds a master’s degree […]
How the Chicago Tribune’s Blue Sky covers innovation
Andrea Hanis is the editor of the Chicago Tribune’s Blue Sky Innovation, which was dreamed up over many hours in darkened research rooms before being given its sunny and aspirational title. She’s leads a staff of talented journalists who are excited about digital journalism and the opportunity to explore Chicago’s most innovative companies, people and ideas. […]
How Bloomberg sells its content to other media
Bloomberg Content Service, Bloomberg Media’s licensing and distribution business, provides Bloomberg terminals and business and financial news, photos, video, and data to publishers, broadcasters, and other companies in more than 70 countries around the world. Josh Rucci, who has been a key contributor to its success in producing double-digit sales growth annually since 2012, was […]
How Sqoop helps business journalists break news
Bill Hankes is founder and CEO of Sqoop, a news discovery service journalists use to discover news tips from public data sites such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and federal court system. Although Sqoop is less than a year old, it has quickly gained advocates in newsrooms. “Based on […]
How the Mercury News covers tech on SiliconBeat
Levi Sumagaysay is editor of the combined SiliconBeat and Good Morning Silicon Valley websites. She also helps take care of SiliconValley.com, the San Jose Mercury News tech website. Sumagaysay has been with the Mercury News since 1998 in various positions, including a copy editor and designer, business copy chief, assistant business editor and business and […]
How a business journalist became his own boss
Luke Timmerman is the founder and editor of The Timmerman Report, an online website covering the biotechnology industry for $99 a year. Before starting his own publication nine months ago, Timmerman was national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Timmerman got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where […]
The life of a weekly business newspaper editor
Jerry Sullivan is editor of the Orange County Business Journal. He directs the paper’s coverage and layout and oversees a team of award-winning reporters. He also oversees the paper’s website. Sullivan has been editor since July 2011. Before that, he was editor and publisher of the Los Angeles Garment & Citizen, a community newspaper serving […]
How one Fed reporter parses “Fedspeak”
Peter Barnes joined Fox Business Network in September 2007, shortly before its launch, and serves as its senior Washington correspondent. Until 2004, Barnes served as the Washington bureau chief and correspondent for television station group Hearst-Argyle. He has also worked at numerous business programming outlets, including TechTV from 2001 to 2003, where he was the Washington bureau […]
Behind the scenes at Investor’s Business Daily
Susan Warfel is managing editor of Investor’s Business Daily, a national business newspaper based in Los Angeles. She plays a lead role in guiding coverage of the financial markets, the economy, business, government and other news for the paper and its companion website, Investors.com. Her responsibilities include staff development and planning of new features and […]
Covering China business news from New York
Janet Stites is the editor and publisher of ChinaBusinessKnowledge.com, which covers China-based companies whose shares are trading in the United States. With the news that China-based Alibaba plans to trade in the States, her site is likely to become more popular in the coming months. Stites has a 25-year history as a business, technology and science journalist. […]
