Bloomberg’s Winkler: Use data to dispel wrong story lines
Journalists need to look at data more often to determine if prevailing story lines being reported in the media are accurate, said the founding editor in chief of Bloomberg News on Wednesday. “The job of journalists is to report truth in the age of data,” said Matthew Winkler, speaking at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of […]
When Intel’s Andy Grove challenged Fortune’s Bethany McLean
Rik Kirkland writes on LinkedIn about the time when he was Fortune deputy editor and Intel CEO Andy Grove challenged young business journalist Bethany McLean. Kirkland writes, “In May 1996, when I was deputy editor, Andy wrote a cover story for FORTUNE, ‘Taking on Prostate Cancer,’ in which he clinically examined the choices he had […]
How computers are driving financial news
Jeff John Roberts of Fortune writes about how computers are creating and analyzing financial news. Roberts writes, ¨There was a time when traders relied on reporters to tell them about market news. Today, computers can do a better job: Algorithms are able to detect everything from earnings data to social media sentiment, and are much […]
Sqoop adds geographic search of SEC filings
Sqoop, a service used by business journalists to find stories, announced Friday that it has added a function allowing for geographic searches of Securities and Exchange Commission filings. David Kellum of Sqoop writes, “Location filters include only SEC documents in this first release. In the future we will include patents and court dockets in the same […]
When a biz reporter took on Donald Trump
Paul Farhi writes about when Timothy O’Brien, then a reporter for the New York Times and now running Bloomberg View, was sued by Donald Trump for reporting what he thought was the real estate operator’s real net worth. Farhi writes, “O’Brien concluded that Trump was worth substantially less than what Trump publicly claimed, an assertion that prompted […]
The cold business vs. the warm community
Have you ever noticed something I call the “The ’60 Minutes’ Scene” in video news reports, particularly in community vs. company themed stories? It’s the tendency for interviews with the community members to be in real life settings like the outdoors, in the sun, with children and animals frolicking in the background. Or in a […]
A business journalist who thinks about Valentine’s Day in puns
BuzzFeed business reporter Sapna Maheshwari admits she has a weakness for puns. But that didn’t stop her from compiling, along with BuzzFeed design director Will Varner, 14 Valentines with business and financial references. Said Maheshwari: Ok, my explanation is that: While covering new issues of corporate bonds at Bloomberg News, I noticed that many of […]
How a Quartz reporter used code to break a news story
Ian Kar, future of finance reporter at Quartz, used his knowledge of coding to break a news story on Wednesday. The story was, “Venmo, beloved millennial app, is finally trying to make some money,” and Kar reported, “Pay With Venmo will be a payment option for people shopping within apps, similar to the PayPal button […]
When you try to interview Google’s co-founder
New York Times technology reporter Conor Dougherty writes about his attempts to interview Google co-founder Larry Page, for whom he’s had an interview request with the company’s public relations staff since the fall of 2014. Dougherty writes, “In total, I have encountered Mr. Page three times for a total of five minutes or so. Once […]
How M&A stories can impact M&A negotiations
Stories about merger and acquisition negotiations broken by the business media can kill the deal, according to a senior partner at Brunswick Group, which is hired by companies involved in deals to handle its PR. “When I think of leaks I think of stories that break on Bloomberg or one of your competitors,” said Steve […]
