WSJ to avoid using “lies” when writing about Trump
The Wall Street Journal will not use the word “lie” when referring to president-elect Donald Trump’s statements that are false because it implies moral intent, editor Gerald Baker said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Kate Sheppard of The Huffington Post writes, “Baker appeared on NBC’s ‘Meet The Press’ Sunday, where he described some of President-elect Donald Trump’s […]
Why a Quartz reporter is suing the government for immigration data
David Yanofsky, a reporter at Quartz, writes about his lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce asking a judge to compel the release of two databases that chronicle the flow of people into the United States. Yanofsky writes, “My lawsuit concerns two databases maintained by the ITA: One contains anonymous immigrations records; the other, statistics […]
The biz writer who covers philosophy and psychology
Olivia Goldhill, a writer for the financial news site Quartz, is one of just a handful of journalists — business or otherwise — in the United States who writes on philosophy and psychology. Recently, Goldhill has written about whether driverless cars should kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian, interviewed the Oxford philosopher who gave Elon Musk the […]
How Reuters is using technology to help find stories
Jonathan Stray of the Columbia Journalism Review writes about how Reuters using technology to help it find and write stories. Stray writes, “‘This is a speed game, clearly, because that’s what the financial markets are looking for,’ says Reg Chua, executive editor for data and innovation at Reuters. Reuters produced its first automated stories in 2001, […]
What you can learn from Andrew Ross Sorkin’s schedule
Fast Company interviewed New York Times business columnist and CNBC anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin about his daily schedule. Here is an excerpt: I have no to-do list at all. For me, it’s a good way to make sure I’m not overbooked on everything. It’s one thing to have a long laundry list of things to […]
The business reporter that Trump liked
Thomas Peele of the San Jose Mercury News about Pat Jenkins, a Newark Star-Ledger business reporter whom Donald Trump liked. Peele writes, “Pat knew little about business, earnings sheets, market shares. One day his biker jacket stayed home. He wore a suit. Pat looked extremely out-of-place in suits. ‘Casino Control Commission meeting,’ he said. “The next day […]
Humans vs. robots in business journalism: Score one for the humans
There’s been a lot of discussion in business journalism recently about how computers and software are writing stories at a faster pace than reporters. For example, the Associated Press is using Automated Insights software to write thousands of earnings stories every semester. And this week, Money.net said it would hire journalists to help its computers. […]
ACBJ’s growth projection data stories help its small business readers
The American City Business Journals papers across the country have been publishing stories this week showing their readers projected population growth for their markets — as well as other cities. The project is the brainchild of G. Scott Thomas of Buffalo Business First, who has been with the ACBJ paper since 1990. Although his title is projects […]
A business reporter’s advice: Act like people should be talking to you
Charlotte Cowles of The M Dash interviewed Business Insider senior finance correspondent Linette Lopez about her job. Here is an excerpt: I’M FASCINATED BY POWER, so business reporting is perfect for me, although I didn’t know it until grad school. A lot of students aren’t interested in business journalism because it doesn’t sound sexy and adventurous. When I taught at Columbia last year, […]
Covering the fintech beat
Reporters from Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal and Quartz sat down with Maria Aspen, senior editor of Inc., to discuss the financial technology beat at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference in New York City. Fintech is nothing new, but the rapid rate of innovation in recent years has news organizations devoting […]
