How Wired is like Wayne Gretzky

Wired staff writer Vittoria Elliott spoke with Micah Loewinger of “On the Media” about the publication’s coverage of the Department of Government Efficiency. Here is an excerpt: Micah Loewinger: You guys are beating the New York Times, the Washington Post, NBC, big newsrooms, Washington bureaus with deep sourcing throughout Capitol Hill. How is your team so far ahead of the competition? […]

Hirsch explains how Dealbook at NY Times works

Russell Sherman of the Press Profiles podcast interviewed Lauren Hirsch of The New York Times, who is part of its Dealbook team, about her career and her job. She said that the Dealbook newsletter focuses on the biggest business news of the day that corporate executives care about. “I tend to be covering multiple story lines at once,” […]

How economics reporters can do a better job

Dean Starkman writes for Columbia Journalism Review about how economics reporters need to do a better job. Starkman writes, “In our case, the story is about an economic discontent so profound that working-class and lower-income voters shifted in large numbers to the candidate under federal indictment for trying to overturn an election and who, the polls show and […]

Making business news accessible to a wider audience

Ritika Gupta, the BBC’s North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about her career. Here is an excerpt: With economic uncertainty becoming a recurring theme, how do you ensure that your reporting not only informs but also engages viewers who may not have a deep background in business? I have always been […]

A biz editor: Give voice to the voiceless and hold power accountable

Local and business news editor Benjamin Lanka of the Columbus Dispatch talks about his career. Lanka writes, “More importantly, I covered a mayoral candidate who was eventually indicted for not properly reporting campaign contributions, allowing a Democrat to win the seat in a highly conservative community. He held the seat for multiple terms — proving the importance […]

How CNBC tech reporter Browne approaches his beat

Cole Garry of SBS Communications interviewed CNBC technology reporter Ryan Browne about his job. Here is an excerpt: You’re based in London, and you have a focus on European companies and news, but you’ve covered major U.S. and global stories as well. How should PR people—and the companies they work with—think about your coverage areas? My best […]

How Indiana Lawyer’s new editor hopes to improve coverage

Greg Weaver, the new editor in chief of Indiana Lawyer, writes about his plans for the publication. Weaver writes, “From that experience, I hope to deepen the Lawyer’s coverage of the growing government relations and lobbying practices in the state and spend more time looking at the operations of the state’s judiciary and the disclosure, […]

The balancing act of covering the media industry

New York Times reporter Ben Mullin spoke with Josh Ocampo about how he covers the media industry. Here is an excerpt: What’s challenging about your beat? The media beat tends to be porous, unlike covering national security, for example. Information is less likely to stay concealed for a long period of time, so finding information and making it public […]

Do reporters like pitches by social media?

In an update to the groundbreaking 2015 Talking Biz News article “The pros/cons of pitching biz reporters through social media,” we again asked several reporters their opinion on receiving pitches via social media. Back in ‘15, X was Twitter and TikTok didn’t exist. Instagram had just launched Boomerang, and Facebook had enabled GIFs. Snapchat was […]

Remembering the quintessential business editor

Jeff McDonald of the San Diego Union-Tribune writes about its former business editor, Don Bauder, who died recently at the age of 88. McDonald writes, “Craig D. Rose, the former Union-Tribune technology and utilities reporter hired by Bauder in 1987, said his old editor was renowned across the newsroom for standing by his reporters and keeping meticulous […]