Investigative reporting must be fair to subjects
David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning tax reporter for the New York Times who now writes a column for Reuters, spoke at the University of South Carolina on Wednesday as part of its journalism program’s business journalism initiative. Julianne Lewis of the Daily Gamecock writes, “Johnston said his stories have sent many people to prison, […]
Using audience engagement to report stories
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about how the business magazine’s staffers are using audience engagement to report stories. Dvorkin writes, “For us, good reporting is changing. It’s certainly about gathering information, but it also requires one-on-one engagement with audiences (Peretti says he’s hiring a new breed of reporter who writes stories that […]
How NYTimes’ Henriques developed pen pal relationship with Madoff
Diana Henriques, a New York Times reporter who is now a Forbes contributor, talks with Tom Post of Forbes about how he developed a relationship with convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff through letter writing and e-mail correspondence.
Expose scandals by exploring public records
By Tarini Parti Indiana reporters John Russell and Greg Andrews were both able to expose major scandals in the public and private sectors largely because of the information they learned from digging through public records. Russell, a reporter at the Indianapolis Star, said he made 23 records requests and read hundreds of emails to write a […]
Ten tips to spotting trouble in companies you cover
By Cassie McLean Learning the implications of a just a few corporate decisions may be all it takes to foresee distress within a struggling company, said Mark Tatge, former senior editor at Forbes magazine and a distinguished visiting professor at DePauw University. Tatge spoke at Saturday’s Society of American Business Business Editors and Writers‘ conference […]
Simplifying financial news stories
By Jeanna Smialek Jake Bernstein and ProPublica colleague Jesse Eisinger‘s series on Wall Street’s role in the financial crisis won a Pulitzer Prize for making Wall Street’s role in the financial crisis understandable to a broad audience — and now Bernstein is spreading his ideas about simplifying financial stories. Speaking at Saturday’s Society of American […]
Sports biz reporting hits its stride in journalism
By Alex Barinka Sports business reporting may be the next dark horse in business reporting, according to a Friday afternoon panel at the 2012 Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ conference in Indianapolis. The “New Playbook for Covering Sports Business” discussion focused on the development of the sports business beat and the backgrounds of […]
Biz journalists need to question the numbers
By Chelsey Dulaney Duke University professor Sarah Cohen urged reporters to question the numbers Friday at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ conference in Indianapolis. Cohen — who won a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting at the Washington Post before accepting the Knight professorship for Journalism and Public Policy at Duke — spoke […]
Pulitzer winner Eisinger to answer questions today on financial reporting
ProPublica reporter Jesse Eisinger, who won a 2011 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on Wall Street, will be answering reader questions on Reddit from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Eisinger teamed with Jake Bernstein on a series of stories about how Wall Street practices worsened the financial crisis. More recently, Eisinger has revealed how the Federal […]
Claman of Fox Business not afraid to confront sources
Jonathan Soroff of The Improper Bostonian interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman. Here is an excerpt: What do you consider your biggest strength in your job? I really try to listen. I’m not one of those reporters who comes in with a list of questions and just sticks to it. You can miss the story […]
