Q&A with consumer finance reporter Erica Sandberg
For ten years, Erica Sandberg worked in a non-profit organization for credit counseling and budgeting. Craving flexibility and freedom, Sandberg wrote a personal finance book and walked out of her office the day it hit the shelves to begin her freelance career as a reporter and writer. Sandberg was in uncharted waters. “I had a […]
Chief content officer Casey talks CoinDesk and its plans
Michael J. Casey is chief content officer at CoinDesk, a news site specializing in bitcoin and digital currencies that he joined in September 2017. Previously, Casey was the CEO of Streambed Media, a company he co-founded to develop provenance data for digital content. He was also a senior advisor at MIT Media Labs’s Digital Currency […]
Q&A: KQED’s Jamali talks about covering PG&E
Lily Jamali is co-host of KQED’s “The California Report,” which airs on NPR stations throughout the state. She also serves as a correspondent for the show. The program covers a wide range of topics that matter to Californians, including the economy, education, and immigration. She has closely followed the unfolding story of PG&E’s bankruptcy. Her […]
Q&A: WSJ’s Zeisler talks about how technology is helping its journalism
Alyssa Zeisler is the the research and development chief and manager of editorial tools at The Wall Street Journal. In that role, she oversees the newspaper’s emerging technologies and computational approaches to improving the reader experience. For example, earlier this year her team launched a new “Flexicle” article feature. The experimental feature is designed to […]
Q&A: Fortune’s McGirt talks covering diversity and culture
Ellen McGirt covers race, culture and leadership in a daily column and blog for Fortune called Race Ahead. Last year, the blog won a National Headliner Award. The judges wrote, “Ellen McGirt’s columns are so needed right now, so helpful to a country struggling with issues of race (and gender, and, and, and ..). They […]
Q&A: BuzzFeed tech reporter Kantrowitz talks his career and his book
Alex Kantrowitz is a senior technology reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in San Francisco. He reports on social and communications. He previously covered the technology of marketing and advertising for Ad Age. His work has been referenced by dozens of major publications, from The New Yorker to The Wall Street Journal to Sports […]
Q&A: DeAngelis talks about joining Fox Business and her career
Jackie DeAngelis just wrapped up her first week on the job at Fox Business Network, which she joined as a correspondent. DeAngelis previously was an anchor at Yahoo Finance and before that spent 13 years at CNBC. At CNBC, she was the network’s chief energy correspondent as well as the anchor of online commodities program, “Futures […]
Q&A: The BNN and Bloomberg partnership in Canada after one year
Jon Erlichman is host of a show called “The Open” on BNN Bloomberg, a Canadian collaboration between BNN and Bloomberg Media that launched last year. He was a reporter and anchor for Bloomberg Television and ABC News, working in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York before rejoining BNN, where he was part of the team […]
Q&A: What it’s like to run a monthly business magazine
Katy Smith is the editor in chief of Columbus CEO magazine, which is owned by the Dispatch Media Group in Columbus, Ohio. Smith became editor a month ago, but she’s no stranger to business journalism. She spent more than 10 years at Columbus Business First, a weekly business newspaper in the city, leading production of the […]
Q&A: Jason Feifer is the entrepreneur journalist behind Entrepreneur
Jason Feifer is editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, and host of two podcasts: “Pessimists Archive” about the history of unfounded fears of innovation, and “Problem Solvers” about how entrepreneurs solve unexpected problems in their business. He was previously an editor at Fast Company, Men’s Health, Maxim, and Boston, and has written for New York, ESPN, Slate, GQ, New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian and […]
