How CNNMoney investigated a company that processes money for mail schemes
CNNMoney senior writers Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken broke the news last week of a crackdown by the U.S. government against PacNet and the companies with which it works in a months-long investigation. The government says Vancouver, Canada-based PacNet is part of an international network that has stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from millions […]
Explaining business to the community
Robert Reed, the new business columnist at the Chicago Tribune, writes about how he’s approaching the position. Reed writes, “For the better part of the last three decades, I’ve enjoyed reporting on the universe of business, finance and commerce, as well as analyzing and opining about its tremendous impact on everyday people. “Throughout, my concentration […]
How one biz reporter covers the NFL team in town
Rich Ryman is a business reporter at the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Wisconsin and USA Today Network-Wisconsin who covers the city’s National Football League team, the Packers, from a business news perspective. Ryman, a Northern Illinois University graduate in journalism, has also worked for the Belvidere (Ill.) Daily Republican, Galesburg (Ill.) Register-Mail, and the Alexandria […]
Why business stories are often about people
Sahar Majid of the International Journalists Network interviewed Philadelphia Inquirer business reporter Diane Mastrull about her job. Majid writes, “Business is not the kind of beat that can be handled in isolation, because so many other story topics — education, health, travel, marriage, divorce — are connected with money in one way or the other, Mastrull said. ‘It […]
Behind the NY Times’ one-word tech story
Daniel Victor of the New York Times writes about how his one-word tech tips story published Friday in the paper came about. Victor writes, “At this point, Katie Rogers, another reporter on our team, suggested we give The New York Times a contributing line, which is something we normally do when a reporter has worked on […]
Many vulgar words now accepted in the WSJ
William Power of The Wall Street Journal writes about the business newspaper’s changing policy in terms of vulgar words in its stories. Power writes, “As you might have noticed, we now allow the printing of most vulgarities if they are in direct quotations and our news judgment is that the quotation is important to include because […]
Quartz stories: Smart but approachable
Financial news site Quartz aims for content that is smart but approachable, said its managing editor on Wednesday. “That’s a really powerful way to tell a story,” said Heather Landy in a conversation in Quartz’s new offices in New York. She gave two examples of such content. The first was a story from May about changes […]
How a biz reporter tackled covering the gaming industry
Roland Li is a reporter for the San Francisco Business Times covering real estate and economic development. Li is also the author of “Good Luck Have Fun: The Rise of eSports,” released earlier this month from Skyhorse Publishing. This is the most comprehensive history of the growth of the competitive gaming industry, including interviews with over […]
Repeating yourself over and over in a way editors and readers won’t notice
Jason Zweig of the Wall Street Journal and author of “The Devil’s Financial Dictionary” talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about finance, financial journalism and Zweig’s new book. Here is an excerpt: Russ: So, what would you say your philosophy of financial journalism is? At one point in a recent article you note that there is a […]
Why a NY Times biz reporter loves her beat
New York Times food business writer Stephanie Strom spoke to Edible Manhattan about her job and cooking. Here is an excerpt: I’ve been at the Times since 1988. Much of that was spent covering retail business, Wall Street, Japan and the nonprofit world. Then about six years ago this (food business writer) position opened up and a […]
