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...
New York Times economics reporter Ben Casselman kept track of his sources in 2019 and reports that 42 percent of them were women. Fifteen percent of his sources were minorities. Focusing specifically on people quoted as...
Joel Weber, the editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, spoke with students at Tsinghua University in Beijing about how the magazine tries to differentiate its content. Nico Gous writes, “A relentless diet of scandal stories tires...
CNBC health and technology reporter Christina Farr spoke with Dr. Josh Luke on his “Dr. Luke’s Waiting Room” podcast about how she finds stories and determining how to report stories on her beat. Farr...
