How Detrixhe covers the future of finance
Quartz future of finance reporter John Detrixhe talked with Cognito’s Oliver Mann about his job. Here is an excerpt: OM: Can you tell me about Quartz. What’s the editorial agenda? JD: We aim for a global audience. You have publications like The Atlantic, which is perhaps explaining America to America, or even America to the rest of the world. I […]
CNBC’s Tausche on having plugged-in sources and multiple chargers
Elana Lyn Gross of Forbes.com interviewed CNBC reporter Kayla Tausche about his she does her job covering the intersection of government and business. Here is an excerpt: Gross: What is your best advice for someone who hopes to be an on-air journalist? Tausche: Become an expert and build a network. News unfolds in a matter of seconds — you […]
Reuters reporters using automation tool to find stories
Ricardo Bilton of Nieman Lab writes about how Reuters reporters are now using an automation tool called Lynx Insights to find stories. Bilton writes, “While Reuters has experimented with automated reporting since at least 2015, Cassidy said that the process was not only expensive and time-consuming, but often resulted in articles that were transparently written […]
Bloomberg to start training female executives for media appearances
Laura Zelenko, Bloomberg’s senior executive editor for diversity, talent, standards and training, posted a blog Tuesday outlining how the news organization plans to “raise women’s voices” in its coverage including a new pilot program to train more women for media appearances. Zelenko writes: The push for more women’s voices has involved drawing up lists that […]
Mr. No Comment represents hedge funds in media dealings
Elon Green of Institutional Investor profiles Jonathan Gasthalter, a public relations professional known as “Mr. No Comment” who represents hedge funds in dealing with the business news media. Green writes, “As a veteran reporter tells Institutional Investor, ‘He is determined to control the message.’ “And he’s done exactly that: first at Sard Verbinnen, the powerhouse firm whose […]
How ProPublica is using algorithms to report about tech companies
Katherine Schwab of Fast Company writes about how ProPublica is building algorithms to help it report stories about tech companies such as Facebook and Amazon. Schwab writes, “It’s a tactic being pioneered at the nonprofit news organization ProPublica by a team of reporters, programmers, and researchers led by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Julia Angwin. Angwin’s team specializes in investigating algorithms […]
How one business journal is diversifying sources in its stories
Rachel Sams, the editor of Albuquerque Business First, writes about how the paper is working to diversify the sources in its stories. Sams writes, “Our newsroom has set group and individual goals for 2018 to help us connect with a wider variety of local businesspeople this year. Here are some of them: “• Each reporter […]
Testy Biz Copy Editor riffs on Challenger & Gray’s tripe
Challenger, Gray & Christmas’s annual estimate of how much money workers cost the U.S. “economy” by watching the NCAA basketball tournament on company time will be out any day now. As always, it should be ignored. The estimate, rivaled in irrelevance and speculation only by PNC Bank’s ridiculous report on the cost of gifts mentioned […]
When a biz owner wants to review a story before publication
Brian Todd, a reporter for the Post Bulletin in Rochester, Minnesota, writes about how sources often ask to review a story, or a quote, before it’s published. Todd writes, “Hard-working business reporter Jeff Kiger said the people who most often ask to ‘look things over first’ are business owners. Most, he said, have only dealt […]
How Sorkin uses technology to cover M&A
Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times and CNBC talked about what technology he uses to cover Wall Street firms and mergers and acquisitions. Here is an excerpt: What are your favorite tech tools for keeping track of mergers, acquisitions and everything in between? First, you need to know I’m a gadget junkie. I […]
