Claman of Fox Business on the art of interviewing
Jennifer Kamm of Haute Living interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman on her career and asked her about her interviewing technique. Here is an excerpt: You’ve interviewed so many big names like Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates. Is there anyone you have always wanted to interview that you have not yet? He’s […]
How a business journalist can improve in social media
Sapna Maheshwari covers retail for BuzzFeed News, which launched a vertical for business news in May 2013. Before that, she worked at Bloomberg News from 2009 to 2013. Her first year was spent as a rotating reporter exposing her to a variety of topics including currencies, insurance and stocks. She then covered corporate credit before […]
Credibility just as important for PR with biz reporters
Financial public relations spans many types of assets and clients, and that’s something Justin Perras has explored throughout his career. This summer, he joined the asset management division of a global bank. Before that he worked in-house for a large investment bank as well as for a New York agency specializing in financial clients. He […]
Insight: Earnings season tis upon us
It might not have the cookies, Yule logs or man in a big, red suit, but earnings season is almost as good as Christmas for any business journalist. This week alone 60 companies are set to release their earnings, but that’s just the beginning of the festivities. One hundred and seventy-five companies are preparing releases […]
New to the job: The life of a young business reporter
Alex Dixon earned degrees in reporting and economics with a minor in creative writing from UNC-Chapel Hill in May 2014. He’s currently the only business reporter at The (Durham) Herald-Sun, a job he started in July. While a student, Dixon worked with publications including Our State Magazine, The Daily Tar Heel and founded Carolina Eats, […]
Frankie Flack: Why I don’t want my name in your biz story
Every once in a while, I fire up Factiva, my news-clipping database, and do a quick search for my name. Unlike everyone else who ego-searches the news, I’m not looking for a mention. I’m looking for a blank screen. I’m successful when I’m invisible. It’s not my job to be quoted. I’m an agency flack. […]
Marketwatch editor: Most stories will now be less than 400 words
Jeremy Olshan was named the editor in chief of Marketwatch.com in May, and he raised eyebrows earlier this month when he banned photos of Wall Street traders on the stock market floor from the website. Before becoming editor, Olshan was MarketWatch’s personal finance editor and had been responsible for the site’s fastest-growing coverage area and […]
The only journalism that is really investigative is of the economy and finance
James Breiner writes on IJnet.com about Francisco Vidal Bonifaz, a Mexican business journalist who has worked in the field for three decades. Breiner writes, “‘Business journalism is a wonderful career,’ he says. ‘It has allowed me to live for many years in a very comfortable and respectable way. It is a type of journalism that […]
Insight: How to cover a merger or acquisition
The seasons are not the only things changing. Headlines everywhere are flooded with recent mergers and acquisitions. From last month’s questionable Burger King-Tim Horton’s deal to the weakening talks between DreamWorks Animation and SoftBank, M&A stories are increasing with more regularity. According to Mergermarket, the value of deals in the first quarter of 2014 was nearly […]
TheStreet.com seeks retraction from Washington Post
On Sept. 27, the Washington Post published a column attacking the integrity of TheStreet’s biotech coverage and reporter, Adam Feuerstein. TheStreet has requested a retraction. Below is our letter to the Post’s editor: To the editor, In Northwest Biotherapeutics Stock Woes Highlight the Harm of Short Sales, Steven Pearlstein insinuates that one of TheStreet’s veteran […]
