Fed leak probe discovers WSJ’s Hilsenrath kicks ass
A Federal Reserve Board probe into leaks about 2012 deliberations were unintentional and “careless,” writes Craig Torres of Bloomberg News. Torres writes, “The probe was ordered by then-Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke in 2012 after the Wall Street Journal and Medley Global Advisors LLC described deliberations leading up to policy decisions at the Federal Open […]
When an FOI request results in more than you expected
The Wall Street Journal received a Federal Trade Commission report that is critical of Google’s dominance in Internet search from a Freedom of Information Act request. One problem: The document, in its unredacted form, was not supposed to be released as part of the FOI request. Brody Mullins, Rolfe Winkler and Brent Kendall of The […]
Schneider of Reuters parses the Fed beat
Howard Schneider joined Reuters in April 2014 to help lead its Federal Reserve Board coverage. Before that, he was covering international economics for the Washington Post for the past four years with stories ranging from trade and the euro zone crisis to the International Monetary Fund and U.S.-China economic relations. He has extensive experience in […]
The labor beat is far from dead
David Uberti of Columbia Journalism Review writes about the increasing number of media outlets interested in covering the labor beat. Uberti writes, “‘There is no firm line that separates labor from anything else,’ said Josh Eidelson, a former union organizer who now covers labor for Bloomberg Businessweek. ‘I don’t think it’s possible or productive to […]
Why business pubs should disclose their finances
Celeste LeCompte, a 2014-15 Nieman Fellow, argues that publications — particularly those that cover business — should disclose their finances to the editorial staff. LeCompte writes, “That winter, our president and publisher, Nik Blosser, adopted open-book accounting. “‘We publish a business magazine,’ I remember him telling me then, ‘and business journalists should get used to […]
Insight: How to cover tech news
Most people wouldn’t associate technology with Phoenix, but in the past few years, Arizona’s capital has taken on a new identity. It’s called the Silicon Desert, and tech companies are flocking to be a part of it. This growing popularity is due in part to the capital city’s affordable real estate and proximity to Silicon […]
The decline — and rebirth — of labor coverage
Micah Utrecht of In These Times interviewed Steven Greenhouse, who recently retired from the New York Times labor beat, about his job. Here is an excerpt: Almost all of your fellow reporters at the New York Times covered beats that were also covered by many other reporters at many other publications nationwide. But when you […]
The story behind the NYT’s financial incentives story
Jackie Faye of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism’s “Covering Business” interviewed Louise Story of the New York Times about her investigative series on financial incentives that states give to companies to entice them to move their operations. Here is an excerpt: Faye: Was there an ah-ha moment in your reporting? Story: The biggest thing […]
Deep-dive research that exposes corporate wrongdoings
UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor Andy Bechtel interviewed Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation founder Roddy Boyd about his work as an investigative business journalist. Here is an excerpt: Q. What is SIRF? What is the site trying to achieve? A. The Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation is seeking to use investigative reporting to stand in the gap left […]
Sorkin blows interview with Robbins
Hamilton Nolan of Gawker is critical of the interview that New York Times business columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin conducted with self-help guru Anthony Robbins about his investing advice. Nolan writes, “As someone reading (or viewing a video of) an interview of Tony Robbins regarding his new book of money advice, you may have been interested […]
