Why business journalists rarely do investigations
Whitney Curry Wimbish writes for The Baffler about why business journalism rarely does investigations. Wimbish writes, “Journalists, like economists, are worried that if they step outside those common explanations they’ll be branded as radicals and excluded from the profession, Wolff said. As for Goldman, it excels at using some media outlets to burnish its image. ‘They […]
How Reuters reported the AT&T/Time Warner ruling
A Reuters story posted Thursday explains how the wire service reported the judge’s ruling allowing AT&T Corp. to acquire Time Warner. The story states, “Reuters reporters Diane Bartz and David Shepardson stood in line from 7 a.m. that morning to secure two of the 27 seats reserved for reporters. Shepardson’s seat was the more advantageous […]
How a real estate reporter conducts a stakeout
Kirk Pinho, the real estate reporter at Crain’s Detroit Business, writes about staking out Michigan Central Station to break the story that Ford Motor Co. was purchasing the building. Pinho writes, “First it was every couple of days that I got in my car and scouted for new activity at the building. Then it became […]
An anonymous source helped unravel Theranos for WSJ reporter Carreyrou
Charlotte Hu and Lydia Ramsey of Business Insider write about how an anonymous source helped Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou unravel the problems at blood testing company Theranos. Hu and Ramsey write, “From that point, it took him about 2 1/2 weeks to make his first contact with Beam (a pseudonym). After one phone call, Carreyrou knew he had […]
Bloomberg editor: Diverse newsrooms help tell better stories
Laura Zelenko, the senior executive editor for talent, diversity, standards and training at Bloomberg News, said on Friday that maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce was vital to its success. The Hindu writes, “Ms. Zelenko also said that diversity also affected the stories that newsrooms chose to divert their resources to. She wondered if American […]
Quarter of Bloomberg content has some automation
Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait wrote about the evolution of journalism, including changes within his news operation. Micklethwait writes, “News is changing shape — with technology revolutionizing the way stories are produced. One change is automation. When I arrived at Bloomberg in 2015, I found a team of “Speed” reporters who leapt on company […]
Biz journalism legend Loomis talks about her career
David Novak of oGoLead spoke with legendary business journalist Carol Loomis about her six-decade Fortune magazine career, which began in 1954. Loomis grew up in Cole Camp, Missouri, and her high school graduating class had 36 students. Her mother was a home economics teacher at the high school and her father didn’t attend college. In high school, she […]
The strategy behind the NY Times’ Pulitzer winner
Peter Kafka of Recode spoke with New York Times media reporter Emily Steel about how she and fellow reporter Michael Schmidt went about the process of reporting stories that led to the firing of Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly and helped win a Pulitzer Prize. Eric Johnson of Recode writes, “On the new podcast, Steel explained how she and Schmidt strategized before […]
How the NY Times ad reporter uses technology on her beat
Sapna Maheshwari, who covers advertising for the New York Times, talked about how she uses technology to write about her beat. Here is an excerpt: What tech tools do you use to monitor what advertisers are doing with our data on websites, apps and gadgets? Digital advertising can be tough to track because so much […]
Apple cracks down on employees leaking to media
Apple Inc. warned employees to stop leaking internal information on future plans to the media and raised the specter of potential legal action and criminal charges, reported Mark Gurman of Bloomberg News. Gurman reports, “The Cupertino, California-based company said in a lengthy memo posted to its internal blog that it ‘caught 29 leakers,’ last year and noted that […]
