Donald Trump and the New York Times
The anticipated Sunday piece in the New York Times examining Donald Trump and his business operations appeared today. If you want to read it, go here. In case you haven’t been following The Donald’s...
Tagged: Reporting tips
The Kansas City business blues
Just got back from Kansas City, where I talked at a Reynolds Center workshop at the Star. Two interesting discussions with the reporters there: 1. Until recently, the dollar amount of real estate transactions...
Coverage of Apple Computer
Is it too laudatory? Are we seeing the first signs of the media going back to its fawning ways of covering business from the 1990s when we look at how Apple Computer has been...
Business across all news beats
I’ve been struck this week that, despite the efforts of many to understand the relevance of money and numbers, the importance of the business angle is still ignored at other desks in newspapers. This...
Covering the loss of a city's major HQ
One of the things that I like to look at to gauge a newspaper’s strength in reporting about business is how it covers the story of when a major employer in the city is...
Incredible collection of Internet resources
For business journalists can be found at Ira Chinoy of the University of Maryland’s site here. I thought I was an Internet junkie, but Ira beats me hands down.
Biz editing tips
I found this great list of tips of common mistakes in business stories and other advice on editing business stories on a copy editing Web site, so I am forwarding it on here. There...
Carol Loomis update
I posted an item last week about Carol Loomis, the long-time Fortune writer whose memoirs of her 51-year career at the magazine were recently published in the 75th anniversary issue. I had a chance...
Carol Loomis and Fortune
There is a great story in the latest issue of Fortune magazine about Carol Loomis, the writer who has spent 51 years at the publication. She recounts her experience in covering various stories. I...
Hurricane coverage
There are many problems in writing about business in the aftermath of a hurricane. I spent some time in south Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew writing business-related stories, and the things that...
