Michelle Cheng of Quartz writes about how to think about business stories in non-traditional ways, from uncovering stories about underrepresented communities to exploring social inequities. Cheng writes, “The panelists included Samanth Subramanian, Quartz’s future...
Michelle Cheng of Quartz writes about the skills needed to be a good business journalist based on the financial news website’s webinar last week about the topic. Cheng writes, “‘There’s a money angle to everything,’...
Frank Witsil of the Detroit Free Press interviewed auto industry reporter Phoebe Wall Howard about her job. Here is an excerpt: FREE PRESS: I wanted to just ask you a couple other questions that also...
William Cohan writes for Vanity Fair about how Wall Street law firm Paul Weiss threatened business journalists Sujeet Indap and Max Frumes, the coauthors of a new book, “The Caesars Palace Coup,” about their reporting for the...
Mike Ananny writes for Nieman Lab about the pros and cons of accepting an embargo from a tech company. Ananny writes, “Such embargoes can curb the power that ill-informed, reactionary ‘hot takes’ have to skew...
Half of the sources used by New York Times economics reporter Ben Casselman were women in 2020, he posted on Twitter. That’s up from 42 percent in 2019. About 20 percent of his sources were people...
Reuters editor in chief Stephen Adler writes for Nieman Reports on the importance of providing information that lets readers make decisions. Adler writes, “That’s why we avoid loaded language and instead describe statements and behaviors in...
“Coffee with a Journalist” host Beck Bamberger spoke with Fortune senior writer Aaron Pressman about his work. Here is an excerpt: Beck: I like it. Now, what about actually creating a story? We like to chat with...
William Power and Jennifer Hicks write in The Wall Street Journal Style & Substance blog that its reporters need to be more careful using the words “critics” and “experts.” Power and Hicks write, “‘Critics and Experts’ sounds...
Roberto Torres, a reporter at CIO Dive, covering the software industry, data analytics and the future of technology, spoke with UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor Andy Bechtel about his job. Here is an excerpt: Q. What...
