It’s time to retire stock market metaphors from coverage
Jeremy Olshan, who is leaving MarketWatch.com where he was editor in chief to become personal finance editor at The Wall Street Journal, writes about how stock market metaphors hurt investors. Olshan writes, “The language and imagery we use to talk about markets matters. In one of my first columns after becoming editor of this site […]
Bloomberg columnist Levine: Panic is my motivator
Neal Freyman of Morning Brew spoke with Bloomberg Opinion columnist Matt Levine about his career. Here is an excerpt: Give us a sense of your writing setup. Two monitors? Coffee? Music? I mostly write from home, on a Mac desktop with one big monitor. Sometimes I go to the office, where I have a PC with two monitors […]
How sourcing helps build a business journalism career
Michelle Cheng of Quartz writes about developing a career in business journalism, based on comments made at the financial news site’s sixth webinar about the field. Cheng writes, “Work on sourcing and extracting exclusive information. Know your topic inside and out, and marry that expertise on subject matter to get the right info you need. People […]
Biz reporter Matthew Kish: The role model for anyone
Andy Giegerich, the managing editor of the Portland Business Journal, writes about departing reporter Matthew Kish, who is leaving for a job at Business Insider. Giegerich writes, “Matt’s last day at the PBJ is today. He’s spent the past decade-and-a-half, oh, let’s see, breaking story after story, mentoring younger reporters (and, as I have an easy […]
How Insider senior correspondent Ito spends her days
Business Insider senior correspondent Aki Ito spoke with Phil Rosen about how she covers the future of work. Here is an excerpt: What’s a day in the life of Aki Ito like? It depends on whether I’m writing or not. On days I’m writing, I’m holed up in our guest bedroom, where I’ve set up my home office. I […]
How to find stories from financial reports
Michelle Cheng of Quartz writes about a panel the financial news site had that featured journalists finding stories in financial reports. Cheng writes, “Controversies around cryptocurrency firm Tether had been so well-reported, said Kadhim Shubber, that he and his colleague at the Financial Times decided to take a different approach by looking at the people running […]
Quartz’s Bell on business journalism: Interest of readers is paramount
Mark Sternberg of Adweek interviewed Quartz editor in chief Katherine Bell about business journalism. Here is an excerpt: Business journalism doesn’t happen in a vacuum. If you write a critical article about a company, they are far less likely to send you their next exclusive. How do you balance maintaining healthy relationships with sources, while still trying to […]
How to think about business stories in a non-traditional way
Michelle Cheng of Quartz writes about how to think about business stories in non-traditional ways, from uncovering stories about underrepresented communities to exploring social inequities. Cheng writes, “The panelists included Samanth Subramanian, Quartz’s future of capitalism reporter, Esmé E. Deprez, a senior investigative reporter at Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek, and Eshe Nelson, a business […]
Insider global EIC Carlson: Let’s limit stories to 600 words
Insider global editor in chief Nicholas Carlson sent out the following on Thursday: Team — During today’s newsroom meeting, I announced that all posts, with some exceptions, must now be under 600 words. We’ll try this new rule on for size during the summer and, in the fall, solicit feedback on his it’s going. Who does this […]
Learning writing tools and strategies from The Economist
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 doesn’t happen at the beginning of your essay, it’ll happen somewhere else. That’s why it helps to rewrite and proofread—with the […]
