NYTimes small biz editor not a fan of list stories
Andy Crestodina of Copyblogger.com interviewed New York Times small business editor Loren Feldman about his story style preferences. Here is an excerpt: Loren, you prefer not to write list articles. Why is that? I think list articles tend to be overdone and to have limited credibility. I’m not sure it’s convincing to just say, “here […]
A Loeb Award winner discusses her stories
Mandy Locke was born and reared in Shelbyville, Tenn., where she started her journalism career as a high school student covering the Tennessee walking horse industry. After graduating from the University of Virginia, she worked at the Vineyard Gazette in Edgartown, Mass., before joining The (Raleigh) News & Observer in 2004 to report on the […]
Bloomberg reporter wrote 18 leads for Supreme Court rulings
Bloomberg reporter Greg Stohr, who wrote the stories today about the Supreme Court rulings, had 18 different leads covering a wide variety if possibilities, reports Erik Wemple of the Washington Post. Wemple writes, “The conventional wisdom on speed, alas, hasn’t prevented news organizations from going fast. Following the release of this morning’s Supreme Court ruling […]
This just in, and the rush to publish
In this five-part series, we’ll look at some of the challenges that young business journalists face in today’s media landscape. A common theme running through all five installments is the recognition that avoiding errors is a journalist’s first responsibility. News moves faster, farther and wider than ever before, and given the ever-increasing volatility of markets, […]
Know your stuff: Developing expertise in your coverage
In this five-part series, we’ll look at some of the challenges that young business journalists face in today’s media landscape. A common theme running through all five installments is the recognition that avoiding errors is a journalist’s first responsibility. News moves faster, farther and wider than ever before, and given the ever-increasing volatility of markets, […]
Best Business Writing 2013 is now available
An anthology Malcolm Gladwell has called “riveting and indispensable,” The Best Business Writing 2013 is a far-ranging survey of business’s dynamic relationship with politics, culture, and life. This year’s selections include John Markoff (New York Times) on innovations in robot technology and the decline of the factory worker; Evgeny Morozov (New Republic) on the questionable […]
Avoiding errors, and what to do when they happen
The quick pace of social media and the Web have escalated the importance of getting a story right the first time and avoiding errors as a journalist, said Forbes managing editor for business news Dan Bigman in a conference call with Forbes contributors from New York Tuesday. “Just correcting an error doesn’t necessarily correct the […]
How to “cover” the solar industry
Carter Lavin writes, tongue firmly in cheek, on Clean Technica about how business journalists should write about the solar industry. Lavin writes, “The solar industry is convoluted and relatively esoteric, so when good business reporters write about the business, it’s not a surprise that they don’t get everything correct, but it is a shame. These […]
Frankie Flack: Why quote approval is sometimes necessary
Editor’s note: Here is the latest missive from Frankie Flack, our anonymous New York-based PR executive. In July of last year Jeremy Peters of The New York Times penned a piece titled “Latest Word on the Trail? I Take It Back” that struck like a sudden earthquake in the journalism and public relations field. Peters deftly […]
Business journalism and plagiarism
Kathy English, the ombudsman at the Toronto Star, writes about how the paper investigated allegations of plagiarism against one of its business reporters. English writes, “Reporter Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew apologized immediately for her ‘poor judgment’ in lifting words from the Globe. This was a significant mistake and managing editor Jane Davenport launched a review of […]
