When a biz reporter breaks news to the source
Michael Dailey of the New York Times writes about how business reporter Sapna Maheshwari broke news to JPMorgan Chase about its advertising. Dailey writes, “In late February, while investigating the financing of a network of fake news sites, Sapna Maheshwari, a business reporter at The Times, came across a site that looked similar to many others she had […]
How Baker of Reuters broke the SoftBank story
Last month, Reuters reported that Japan’s SoftBank was prepared to give up control of Sprint to Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile to clinch a merger of the two U.S. wireless carriers. The story, by Reuters tech, media & telecom reporter and M&A team leader Liana B. Baker, reported SoftBank has been frustrated with its inability to grow […]
A business reporter who loves her job
Boston Globe business reporter Janelle Nanos spoke with FoodTank.com about her career and her interest in covering the food waste issue. Here is an excerpt: Food Tank (FT): What originally inspired you to get involved in your work? Janelle Nanos (JN): I always loved reading and writing as a kid, and ultimately felt compelled to find ways […]
When a newspaper kept a biz news “secret,” or did it?
Dennis Seid, the business editor of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo, writes about how the paper kept the “secret” 10 years ago that Toyota was going to build a manufacturing plant in the area. Seid writes, “It was 10 years ago today, on a late Monday afternoon in former Journal editor Lloyd Gray’s […]
Meeting sources: Dimly lit parking garage or Soul Cycle?
Many potential sources (PR people’s clients) are keen on meeting with the media while they’re in New York City for business. This also holds for clients visiting other cities that may have a local bureau — San Francisco, Chicago, London, Hong Kong, etc. New York carries a special significance given that it’s home to both Wall […]
WSJ’s Carreyrou talks about how the Theranos story happened
John Carreyrou, an investigative reporter at The Wall Street Journal, talks about his coverage of the blood testing company Theranos in a short video. Carreyrou notes in the video that he began investigating the company after a whistleblower approached him with information about its operations. “The blood testing startup wasn’t all that it seemed,” said […]
Testy Copy Editor: Trump victory fuels confidence
Trump won. Consumer and small-business confidence surged. Now what? – Albuquerque Journal Correlation is not causation. Although the election result has been “credited” with improving some measures of the economy, there is no objective proof of it. The headline states flatly that Donald Trump’s election was what caused increases in “confidence.” This story exacerbates the […]
McGraw Center for Business Journalism gives four grants
Four veteran journalists have won grants of up to $15,000 as recipients of the sixth round of the McGraw Fellowships for Business Journalism. The winning projects will explore issues ranging from water rights on the Mexican border and the revival of the copper industry in Arizona, to the foreclosure risks faced by elderly homeowners and whether carbon capture will finally […]
How Tim Hortons refused to cooperate with a business reporter
Duncan Hood of The Toronto Globe and Mail writes about how restaurant chain Tim Hortons declined to cooperate with its retail reporter in writing a story about its changes. Hood writes, “To find out what was going on, we enlisted The Globe’s award-winning retailing reporter, Marina Strauss, who boasts nearly 40 years of experience. She started […]
How Forbes reports its billionaires list
Kerry Dolan, assistant managing editor of wealth at Forbes, talked about how its editors and reporters calculate wealth in a new podcast about how the business magazine compiles its lists. Forbes is known for calculating the wealth of the 1,810 billionaires in the world. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been No. 1 on the list […]
