Barbara Serra of Al-Jazeera takes a look at the failure of business journalism in covering the economic crisis 10 years ago and the challenges in covering business and finance issues. “‘The media are still very...
Howard Gold writes for Columbia Journalism Review about whether business journalism will catch the next economic crisis. Gold writes, “Where will the next crisis come from? Speculative buying of stocks with borrowed money led to...
Matt Giles of The New York Times writes about how the paper covered the economic crisis of 2008. Giles writes, “Fueled by pizza, Mr. Sorkin, Mr. Dash and the reporter Ben White huddled around Ms....
Cynthia Salarizadah writes for Green Entrepreneur about Debra Borchardt, the founder of Green Market Report, which covers the cannabis industry. Here is an excerpt: What obstacles and challenges have you experienced in operating within this industry?...
Business Insider global editor in chief Nicholas Carlson spoke with Aditi Singal of Digiday about what it looks for in a reporter. Here is an excerpt: Competing with other business publications. “We still have cost structure advantages over...
David Gelles of The New York Times writes about how the paper’s interview with Tesla Inc. chief executive officer Elon Musk last week was different than other CEO interviews. Gelles writes, “While each of those...
Tom Macauley of ComputerWorld writes about how Bloomberg News journalists are using computer programs to find stories. Macauley writes, “Bloomberg News today often relies on the combined efforts of humans and machines. Individual tasks are...
Neil Irwin, a senior economics correspondent at The New York Times, talked about the technology and websites he uses to do his job. Here is an excerpt: Economics is a topic full of data....
Robert Smith of the National Public Radio program “Planet Money” spoke at the Audiocraft Podcast festival about how the shot is put together, taking complex economic ideas and turning them into interesting stories. 2018 is...
Dan Mitchell writes for Columbia Journalism Review about how business journalists are incorrectly comparing a company’s market capitalization to a company’s gross domestic product. Mitchell writes, “Thursday’s USA Today story similarly described what Apple could ‘buy’ with...
