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 […]

How the WSJ is detecting fake video content

Francesco Marconi and Till Daldrup of The Wall Street Journal write for The Nieman Lab about how the newspaper is using technology to determine fake video content. Marconi and Daldrup write, “If someone has sent in suspicious footage, a good first step is to try to contact the source. How did that person obtain it? Where and when […]

A tech reporter who uses old-fashioned reporting methods

Jack Nicas, who covers Apple for the New York Times, talks about some of his reporting methods on the beat. Here is an excerpt: I’m also a prolific screenshotter. The internet is an ephemeral place, so when I see something online for a story, I make sure to capture it immediately. The technique has been […]

Biz journalists want to write exclusive stories, not just disseminate: Study

Business journalists prefer to write articles with exclusive content that comes from sources inside companies rather than simply disseminating information that companies provide to everyone, according to research released this week. Four business school professors — Andrew C. Call, Scott A. Emett and Eldar Maksymov of Arizona State University and Nathan Y. Sharp of Texas […]

How Theranos threatened some of the WSJ’s sources

Gabriel Penna of Chief Executive interviewed Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou about his coverage of blood testing company Theranos and its CEO, Elizabeth Holmes. Here is an excerpt: You did a lot of reporting and writing on this story before “Bad Blood” came out. At what point did you think it would be a […]

How a Forbes reporter calculates Trump’s wealth

Charlie Herman of WNYC interviewed Forbes reporter Dan Alexander about the business magazine’s reporting tactics used to determine President Donald Trump’s wealth. Forbes estimates that Trump’s net worth is $3.1 billion, down from $4.5 billion it estimates in 2015. The magazine drew on interviews with nearly 200 of the president’s colleagues, partners and industry observers […]

Primack of Axios explains the world of business reporting

Dan Primack, the business editor at Axios, talked with the “Teach me How to Money” podcast about his career in business news. Primack said he got into journalism in 1999 after running a community newspaper in Boston. “I needed a job to pay for the ridiculously expensive apartment in Midtown,” said Primack. He grabbed a […]

How companies treat elderly workers is a ProPublica beat

Richard Eisenberg of Forbes.com interviewed ProPublic contributing reporter Peter Gosselin about his beat covering how companies are treating elderly workers. Here is an excerpt: How did the IBM story come about? I was talking to the young woman who became my co-author on the project, an engagement reporter at ProPublica named Ariana Tobin. When I […]