When the name of a boat is not a business news story
“Turns out overdraft fees are still big moneymakers for some banks. So much so that a former chief executive of a midsize bank named his boat after the fee.” – Washington Post “Among the juicy details included in a new consumer advocacy lawsuit filed Thursday was this one: The former CEO of a Midwest bank actually […]
WSJ to avoid using “lies” when writing about Trump
The Wall Street Journal will not use the word “lie” when referring to president-elect Donald Trump’s statements that are false because it implies moral intent, editor Gerald Baker said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Kate Sheppard of The Huffington Post writes, “Baker appeared on NBC’s ‘Meet The Press’ Sunday, where he described some of President-elect Donald Trump’s […]
Why a Quartz reporter is suing the government for immigration data
David Yanofsky, a reporter at Quartz, writes about his lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce asking a judge to compel the release of two databases that chronicle the flow of people into the United States. Yanofsky writes, “My lawsuit concerns two databases maintained by the ITA: One contains anonymous immigrations records; the other, statistics […]
The biz writer who covers philosophy and psychology
Olivia Goldhill, a writer for the financial news site Quartz, is one of just a handful of journalists — business or otherwise — in the United States who writes on philosophy and psychology. Recently, Goldhill has written about whether driverless cars should kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian, interviewed the Oxford philosopher who gave Elon Musk the […]
What you can learn from Andrew Ross Sorkin’s schedule
Fast Company interviewed New York Times business columnist and CNBC anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin about his daily schedule. Here is an excerpt: I have no to-do list at all. For me, it’s a good way to make sure I’m not overbooked on everything. It’s one thing to have a long laundry list of things to […]
The business reporter that Trump liked
Thomas Peele of the San Jose Mercury News about Pat Jenkins, a Newark Star-Ledger business reporter whom Donald Trump liked. Peele writes, “Pat knew little about business, earnings sheets, market shares. One day his biker jacket stayed home. He wore a suit. Pat looked extremely out-of-place in suits. ‘Casino Control Commission meeting,’ he said. “The next day […]
Health care biz reporter writes about his own cancer
John Russell, who covers health care for the Indianapolis Business Journal, writes about his Stage 2 bladder cancer. Russell writes, “I could use an editor on this one. There are so many ways to write this. “How about the traditional hard-news lead? (IBJ reporter John Russell has Stage 2 bladder cancer, his doctor told him last […]
Humans vs. robots in business journalism: Score one for the humans
There’s been a lot of discussion in business journalism recently about how computers and software are writing stories at a faster pace than reporters. For example, the Associated Press is using Automated Insights software to write thousands of earnings stories every semester. And this week, Money.net said it would hire journalists to help its computers. […]
WSJ editing splits into two groups; emphasis on shorter, earlier stories
Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: As you know, for the last few months we have been designing a new architecture for our newsroom, one that will better enable us to produce journalism that meets the demands of our many readers. The rapidly evolving marketplace for news requires […]
How biz reporters use social media in reporting
While most people use social media to connect with friends and colleagues, reporters often use social media to convince strangers to talk to them. Sapna Maheshwari, who reports on the advertising industry for the New York Times, hosted a panel on social media for news gathering and reporting at the Society of American Business Editors […]
