The strategy behind a Bloomberg Businessweek story
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 audiences, Weber said. That is why Businessweek also covers people trying to solve problems. To do that, Weber wants all Bloomberg […]
How CNBC’s Farr ferrets out good health tech stories
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 said she likes to frame her stories around people. “One of the things that is a guiding principle for me and […]
Why a NY Times economics reporter writes stories longhand
Conor Dougherty, an economics reporter at The New York Times, talks about why he writes his stories longhand. Here is an excerpt: Writing is all about getting started and keeping going, so whatever system helps you do that is the best system for you. In my case that’s paper, preferably yellow, but I can be […]
A business journalist honored and inspired by the stories she covers
Yuki Noguchi, a correspondent on NPR’s business news desk, spoke with Tracy Ross and Melanie Davis of WKMS at Murray State University about her career and her work. He is an excerpt: Ross: Do you have a favorite story you’ve done or a story you’re most proud of? Noguchi: “You know, it’s funny, I love the stories like […]
How The Virginian-Pilot created a new beat around spending money
Shirley Qiu of Metrics for News writes about how The Virginian-Pilot newspaper used data to develop a new beat on helping readers spend money. Qiu writes, “Jeff Reece, senior editor at The Pilot, put together a team of two business reporters as well as one food writer to start a consumer-focused beat, which would cover things […]
SF Chronicle biz editor Thomas gives advice on getting scoops
The San Francisco chapter of the Public Relations Society of America interviewed San Francisco Chronicle business editor Owen Thomas about his career and journalism. Here is an excerpt: How does working at the Chronicle differ from the other media outlets that you worked for? When I came here, I was more focused on the similarities: […]
Why a NY Times tech reporter likes to print out documents
New York Times technology reporter Erin Griffith talked about the technology she uses for her job and why she still likes paper documents. Here is an excerpt: What tech tools do you rely on the most for work? This is least techie answer possible, but aside from email and my phone’s voice recorder, it’s probably […]
Insider editor in chief Carlson: We need to elevate our storytelling
Insider editor in chief Nicholas Carlson sent out the following to the staff: Team! Last week, I went to the big tech and gadget convention in Las Vegas called CES. I got an excellent tour of the show from Business Insider deputy executive editor Cadie Thompson. The most fascinating thing Cadie showed me were the […]
Year-end projections and the business journalists who cover them
Alicia McElhaney of Institutional Investor writes about the projections given by investment firms and the journalists who write about them. MeElhaney writes, “At a recent press luncheon held by a major investment firm in Manhattan, a trio of portfolio managers stood in front of a PowerPoint presentation projected onto the restaurant’s wall and proffered vague predictions […]
How Kara Swisher uses Twitter to formulate columns
Recode cofounder Kara Swisher talked with Ezra Klein about journalism, and one of the topics she discussed was how she uses Twitter to formulae columns. Swisher said: I knew the stuff. It was stuff I already knew. I had been working on it for a long time. I just was able to send … what […]
