The use of “critics” and “experts” in the WSJ

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 like the name of the worst Woody Allen movie, as our Editor in Chief Matt Murray cinematically puts it. “In fact, […]

A tech reporter’s challenge: Cutting through the hype

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 are the unique challenges to covering the technology beat? A. Given my niche beat, one crucial challenge is to consistently deliver […]

How Wirecard tried to discredit FT’s reporting

Financial Times investigative reporter Dan McCrum writes about how German company Wirecard attempted to discredit his reporting about the company. McCrum writes, “At the FT we were dumbfounded. A senior executive at a large publicly listed European company had brazenly tried to spoof our journalists into running a completely fabricated, highly price-sensitive story. This was simply outside […]

Daily Biz editor Murden’s 40 years in journalism

Terry Murden is the editor and director of Daily Business. He has editorial and commercial control of the news website, generating and uploading news and opinion, commissioning writers and organizing external events associated with the site. Previously, he has served as business editor and city editor of The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday. He has […]

Bloomberg bureau chief on using AI to find stories

Ian Harrison of Concordia University interviewed Yinka Ibukun, West Africa bureau chief for Bloomberg News, about her job. Here is an excerpt: Your mandate is huge. How do you choose what to cover? I’m currently training an artificial-intelligence tool used at Bloomberg to pick up certain topics on social media and in news reports. The […]

How Reuters investigated RIte Aid’s use of facial recognition

Jeffrey Dastin, technology correspondent for Reuters, explained how he investigated drug store chain Rite Aid and its use of facial recognition cameras in its stores. Here is an excerpt:  “I had wanted to deeply explore an example of facial recognition’s use in the United States. I also had an interest in how the private sector […]

New NY Times biz reporter Nelson “never settles”

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Monday: We are delighted to introduce and welcome Eshe Nelson, our newest colleague to the Business team, as a reporter in London. Eshe comes to us most recently from the Knight-Bagehot fellowship program at Columbia University, where she studied topics like corporate finance, economic […]

The bias of believing a company’s story

Shane Parrish of The Knowledge Project spoke with investigative business journalist Bethany McLean about the issue of people having a bias of believing a company’s story. “Breaking a story is being able to really get in there and explain what’s happening,” said McLean, who wrote a story for Fortune magazine about Enron Corp. six months before […]

How Business Insider covers the influencer industry

Business Insider deputy executive editor Olivia Oran interviewed reporter Amanda Perelli about how she covers the influencer beat. Here is an excerpt: Oran: Describe an average day on the influencer beat. Perelli: On an average day, I typically wake up and check social media (YouTube’s trending page, Instagram and Twitter) to see what I may have missed overnight. I read […]

How NY Times econ reporter Casselman digs into unemployment

Alex Traub of The New York Times interviewed business reporter Ben Casselman on how he assesses unemployment data. Here is an excerpt: What can you do to interpret that number? One thing we’ve been trying to do is give historical context. I’m sure people can understand that six million layoffs in a week is bad, […]