Ahmed Soliman writes about how he learned to write more effectively by reading The Economist. Soliman writes, “Getting to it doesn’t correlate with the writer’s talent or experience: we all do it occasionally. If it...
Erica Thompson, the Ohio regional business reporter covering race, gender and the economy for The Columbus Dispatch, talked about her job. Here is an excerpt: What I like best about my job This job...
Chicago-based marketing and communications agency M. Harris & Co., run by former business journalist Melissa Harris, has launched a paid newsletter about better writing. “Get Me Rewrite” costs $7 a month, or $60 a year....
Lesley Weidenbener, the editor of the Indianapolis Business journal, writes about how the publication determines a business news story. Weidenbener writes, “IBJ defines ‘business coverage’ more broadly than many business journals. Few have a...
The regular Wall Street Journal newsletter to its staff warns reporters and editors on how they describe the economy. The newsletter reads: For example, the economy appears to be in recovery now, and steps...
Reuters editor in chief Stephen Adler writes for Nieman Reports on the importance of providing information that lets readers make decisions. Adler writes, “That’s why we avoid loaded language and instead describe statements and behaviors in...
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...
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...
Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait sent the following to the editorial staff on Wednesday: To All in Editorial & Research, Enterprise We are still publishing too many enterprise stories that are either mediocre or...
Dean Rotbart of Business News Luminaries spoke with Nina Easton, a former Fortune journalist who co-runs its “Most Powerful Women” franchise, as part of celebrating top business journalists of the 21st century. “Storytelling and...
