Bertoni talks getting his start at Forbes
Steve Bertoni, assistant managing editor of Forbes, spoke with Meredith Klein of Meredith and the Media about his job. Here is an excerpt: You’ve been a journalist for nearly two decades, working your way up from intern to staff writer to assistant managing editor over 17 years at Forbes. What are some of the stories […]
How Business Insider’s Thompson helps drive its coverage
Cadie Thompson, deputy news chief and executive editor at Business Insider, spoke with Meredith Klein of “Meredith and the Media” about her job. Here is an excerpt: You’ve covered tech, transportation, and business at Business Insider and risen to Executive Editor. Can you share more about your role and responsibilities as Executive Editor? As the […]
Why Wired now covers the intersection between tech and politics
Ana Vidal Egea of El Pais interviewed Wired global editorial director Katie Drummond about its emphasis covering how technology is impacting politics. Here is an excerpt: Question. As soon as you joined Wired, you made a strategic shift and began covering politics for the first time. What led you to do this? Answer. The first thing I did was hire a […]
Covering retail as a consumer economy story
Meredith Klein of Meredith & the Media interviewed Anne D’Innocenzio, the national retail reporter for the Associated Press, about her job. Here is an excerpt: As a national retail writer for the Associated Press, you closely follow Walmart, Target, and other major retailers on how they’re overhauling their businesses in a dramatically shifting landscape—economically and politically. […]
Wired’s Drummond on covering the intersection between tech and politics
Parker Molloy interviewed Wired global editorial director Katie Drummond for The Long Lead about its strategy covering the intersection of technology and government. Here is an excerpt: How has Wired‘s approach to covering tech power players such as Musk and other Silicon Valley names evolved as they’ve become more directly involved in politics? You just can’t have a conversation […]
How the WSJ decided to launch a newsletter
Leigh Kamping-Carder, head of newsletters at The Wall Street Journal, spoke with Cory Brown of the 99 Newsletter Project about the publication’s newsletter strategy. Here is an excerpt: Cory Brown: The Wall Street Journal has a new AI newsletter that launched in September, correct? How is it different from other AI newsletters out there, and how did […]
How Industry Dive’s Savenije fell in love with B2B journalism
Davide Savenije, the editor in chief at Industry Dive, spoke with ASBPE vice president Brooke Bilyj about his career and plans as president of the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Here is an excerpt: How did you end up in B2B publishing? By accident. A big part of it was getting rejected by every […]
How a Bloomberg breaking news editor focuses on fast
Natalie Choy, a breaking news editor at Bloomberg News, talked about her job with The Muse. Here is an excerpt: What are you responsible for in your current role? Speed and accuracy are key in my team. We’re responsible for putting headlines and stories on the wire in real-time as news breaks. This involves […]
Media Movers: Catching up with Bisnow’s Mark Bonner
Welcome to the last Media Movers column of 2023! It has been a great year featuring interviews with journalists from a variety of backgrounds and publications. We’re wrapping it up with Mark F. Bonner, EIC and vice president of content for Bisnow, a real estate publication. So many journalists get caught up in the race […]
Media Movers: Author and longtime finance journalist John Wasik
Many people think they have a book in them. John Wasik had 19 – and counting. Wasik is one of the most prolific authors that I’ve ever encountered. In addition to the double-digit book count, he’s also penned more than 1,000 stories. But, as I learned from our discussion, writing books isn’t a ticket to […]
