Humanizing the cyber security beat
New York-based Bloomberg News reporter Dune Lawrence has been helping Bloomberg break news since 2004, when she joined the company, reporting on stocks and investors. She now covers hacking and cyber security. Lawrence spoke with Lauren Meller of Bloomberg’s public relations staff about how she covers her beat. Here is an excerpt: What challenges do […]
How to take the economy’s measure
An economist told business and financial journalists Saturday to beware of aggregated data because sometimes it hides important trends. “Companies are increasingly managing and mining data to augment government sources,” said Scott Anderson, chief economist of Bank of the West. “What I see happening is a blurring of the lines between traditional government economic data […]
Making business journalism that doesn’t taste like medicine
Delivering informative news and not making it taste like medicine is one of the key challenges of business journalism. On Saturday afternoon, Kevin Delaney, Quartz editor in chief and co-founder, and NPR’s Planet Money’s Caitlin Kenney discussed different ways to innovate business journalism and make it compelling for readers. Reynolds Visiting Professor of Business Journalism […]
Business journalism and corporate fraud
By Claire Williams For business journalists, catching crooked companies requires skepticism and close attention to the details that should cause hesitation, said journalists in a workshop Saturday. Roddy Boyd, founder of the Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation, said the foundations of detecting corporate fraud are in the “things that make you go hmmm.” Boyd, who worked […]
Lewis, SABEW winner, finds stories in markets
Everything is a market to best-selling author Michael Lewis. From the story of football player Michael Oher in “The Blind Side” to the drafting process of the Oakland A’s in “Moneyball,” Lewis said he writes about markets, not business. Lewis answered questions from “Wizard of Lies” author Diana Henriques on Friday afternoon at the annual […]
Personal finance should be biggest biz desk beat
With roots and connections to every niche of business journalism, covering personal finance should be the biggest beat in the business, a panel of top journalists in the field said Friday morning. But a misunderstood lack of variation in subject matter — on the surface — makes it seem repetitive and less relevant than other beats, […]
Reuters editor in chief Adler: We need smarter, deeper, more forward-looking stories
Here is the list from Reuters editor in chief Stephen Adler that was sent out to the troops earlier this week (It was mentioned by Reuters CEO Andrew Rashbass in this email) after his bureau chief meetings: Last week, we completed the last of our three regional bureau chief meetings. I’m sure you and […]
Frankie Flack: Lies, damn lies, statistics and business journalism
If you’re a business reporter and don’t love numbers, I don’t want anything to do with you. I love selling stories with facts and figures a lot more than I like selling sizzle. Show me market share or same-store sales or margins data, and I’ll go to town. In contrast, today’s great profile of a […]
Rumors, accuracy and the M&A beat
Only one third of stories written about companies being takeover targets between 2000 and 2011 proved to be accurate, according to research by two business school professors. “Accuracy” was defined by whether the rumored takeover target received an official offer within one year of the story. The researchers discovered that accurate rumor articles are more […]
Bloomberg Way unveils 25th anniversary edition
Bloomberg News is turning 25 next year, and in advance of its birthday the news organization published the 25th anniversary edition of its style and reporting guide “The Bloomberg Way.” The book by editor-in-chief Matthew Winkler with Jennifer Sondag, standards editor for Americas, will be available via the Bloomberg terminal and Amazon.com this week. While […]
