Insider editor in chief Carlson: We need to elevate our storytelling
Insider editor in chief Nicholas Carlson sent out the following to the staff: Team! Last week, I went to the big tech and gadget convention in Las Vegas called CES. I got an excellent tour of the show from Business Insider deputy executive editor Cadie Thompson. The most fascinating thing Cadie showed me were the […]
Agenda won’t retract Moonves story, but pulls quotes
The Financial Times publication Agenda has declined to retract an interview that its reporters had with ousted CBS CEO Les Moonves last month, reports Jon Levine of The Wrap. Moonves had denied being interviewed, and the article has now removed his quotes. Levine reports, “Agenda — which as a subsidiary of the Financial Times follows […]
Is the ousted CBS CEO really talking? Or is someone catfishing reporters?
William Cohan writes for Vanity Fair that an interview that ousted CBS CEO Les Moonves gave to Agenda, a Financial Times publication, may have been someone impersonating the executive. Cohan writes, “But as has continuously been the case in the Moonves saga, things might be more complicated behind the scenes. In the weeks since the piece […]
Bloomberg reporter increases women quoted in stories to 50 percent
Ben Bartenstein, an emerging markets reporter for Bloomberg News, increased the percentage of female sources quoted in his stories to 50 percent in 2018. The percentage was 13 percent in 2017, wrote Bartenstein in a series of tweets. “We didn’t quote them because they were women,” wrote Bartenstein. “We quoted them because they were the […]
How the Nashville Biz Journal investigated a restaurant company
Lori Becker of the Nashville Business Journal writes about how one of her reporters, Eleanor Kennedy, investigated a company opening a number of restaurants in the city. Becker writes, “Eleanor persisted. She knew there was a story here, as T.C. continued to open high-profile bars and buy up prime downtown property. So she dove into the Field […]
Year-end projections and the business journalists who cover them
Alicia McElhaney of Institutional Investor writes about the projections given by investment firms and the journalists who write about them. MeElhaney writes, “At a recent press luncheon held by a major investment firm in Manhattan, a trio of portfolio managers stood in front of a PowerPoint presentation projected onto the restaurant’s wall and proffered vague predictions […]
Bloomberg increases percentage of women in content, expands training
The percentage of women guests brought in as expert commentators on Bloomberg Television has climbed to 18 percent in the most recent month, up from 10 percent at the start of 2018, according to data released by the media organization on Monday. In addition, the percentage of stories that quote or cite a woman expert […]
How three NY Times reporters uncovered the CBS CEO story
Brian Stelter of CNN writes about how the reporting of three New York Times reporters — Ellen Gabler, Rachel Abrams and James B. Stewart — uncovered the real reason for the ouster of CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves. Stelter writes, “After Farrow’s second story, and after Moonves was forced out, Stewart learned that Moonves and […]
How a NY Times biz reporter uses Slack and Signal to spot stories
Kate Conger, a tech reporter for The New York Times, talks about how she uses technology to help her find stories. Here is an excerpt: You cover breaking news about all things tech — from Google to Facebook to Twitter to Uber. What are your most important tools for staying quick on your toes? I […]
FT’s Barber on the future of financial journalism
Financial Times editor Lionel Barber gave the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture on Nov. 22, at City University of London on the state of business journalism. Here is an excerpt: Today’s business and financial journalist has never been so versatile, never so tested. On multiple platforms: print, audio, camera. They code, they compose, they collaborate […]
