Retail reporter Holman: What shoppers think is the story
New York Times retail reporter Jordyn Holman was interviewed by the paper’s Josh Ocampo about covering the beat. Here is an excerpt: Many of your recent articles explored the challenges big retailers, like Macy’s, are facing. How do you explain their troubles? The way that consumers are shopping is changing more quickly than these large behemoths can change, or […]
Twin Cities Business editor Kaplan focused on expanding its readership
Rachel Hutton of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis profiles Ali Kaplan, the editor of Twin Cities Business. Hutton writes, “Kaplan’s role at Mpls.St.Paul led to her current one leading Twin Cities Business (the two magazines are owned by the same company). She’s the magazine’s first female editor, covering a male-dominated community. (In Minnesota, roughly 20% of executive […]
How a tech reporter wrote about OnlyFans as a business
Trevor Pyle of Nieman Storyboard writes about how Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell, who covers artificial intelligence and algorithms, wrote about OnlyFans, which he called a labor story. Pyle writes, “Harwell’s story probes OnlyFans not as a salacious sex site, but as a business. While Harwell doesn’t skirt around the online account’s sexual content, he’s more interested […]
Why CNBC’s Pisani thinks of who’s watching
Russell Sherman of the “Press Profiles” podcast interviewed CNBC senior markets analyst Bob Pisani about his career. Pisani has reported from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for 26 years. And he likes to report based on what he thinks typical viewers want to know because he believes it makes his coverage more informative. “When I […]
Do reporters prefer an exclusive or embargo approach to pitching?
Between an exclusive and an embargo, intuitively it would seem that reporters would choose the exclusive approach. If an exclusive arrangement is like marriage, then embargoes are playing the field, with more than one reporter getting the goods at one time. Embargoes spread the love to a select group, giving different outlets the opportunity to […]
FT’s Massoudi on looking for characters to tell stories
Russell Sherman spoke with Financial Times corporate finance and deals editor Arash Massoudi about covering business on his “Press Profiles” podcast. Massoudi broke the story about how the Saudi Arabian wealth fund bought 5 percent in Tesla even though he wasn’t actively covering the company by simply following the money. Tesla CEO Elon Musk eventually […]
Questions for biz journalists covering sustainability to ask
Evie Liu of the Reuters Institute details five questions that business reporters should ask when they are covering sustainability. Liu writes, “Big corporations are some of the largest contributors to climate change, but they are also the victim of it. Climate stories in the business section can not only prompt wealthy and influential readers to drive […]
How CNBC’s Faber breaks business news
CNBC reporter and co-anchor David Faber discusses topics including how financial journalism has changed, how he consistently breaks leading financial news stories, and how he executes documentaries with veteran financial journalist and NYFWA board member Greg Miles.
How Ahuja of Forbes developed a reputation for source development
Russell Sherman of the “Press Profiles” podcast interviewed Maneet Ahuja of Forbes on her ability to develop relationships with sources, particularly hedge fund managers. Ahuja, who has worked at CNBC and The Wall Street Journal, started off in investment banking. It was that background that helped her develop a relationship with hedge fund manager David Einhorn, who […]
Media Movers: Podcaster, writer and editor Mark Caro
Mark Caro has truly done it all: He was a star writer at the Chicago Tribune, works to train the next generation, runs the successful podcast Caropop and writes fascinating books. Oh, he also emcees events and shares the stage with A-list stars. This is an amazing resume that you don’t see every day, […]
