Will business journalists catch the next crisis?
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 Black Monday in 1929; computerized ‘portfolio insurance’ and index arbitrage triggered the crash of 1987; the dot-com boom turned into the […]
How the NY Times covered the financial crisis
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. Anderson’s second-floor desk. “‘I was nine months pregnant with my first child, and I was the only woman in the world […]
Why the Green Market Report can’t report from an exchange floor
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? The biggest challenge I have faced is that neither of the major stock exchanges will let me tape a news report […]
What Business Insider looks for in a reporter
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 the Journal and other great business publications that are out there that we’re still chasing. We can get what they have, […]
How the Musk interview was different than other CEO interviews
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 articles was different, my interactions with the executives were more or less the same. There was almost always a public relations […]
How Bloomberg is using computers to tell stories
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 often automated but there are very few jobs without a human contribution. “‘We produce automated news, but even more than that […]
Why Fred is an economics reporters best friend
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. What tools do you use to parse that data? And what sites or apps do you use to keep on top […]
How “Planet Money” is successful: Making the abstract real
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 the 10-year anniversary of “Planet Money,” which has had 845 episodes. The first episode was “The Giant Pool of Money” about […]
Dear biz reporters: Stop comparing GDP to market cap
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 the money represented by its market cap. But that’s not Apple’s money—it’s owned by shareholders. If Apple wanted to use its […]
How The Penny Hoarder ensures credibility in its coverage
Tommy Flaim of TapeACall.com interviewed The Penny Hoarder managing editor John Schlander about how the personal finance news organization ensures credibility in its coverage. Here is an excerpt: How do you ensure your sources contribute to the credibility of a story? What tools do you use to record in-person and phone interviews? Depending on the type of story, […]
