A business journalist who thinks about Valentine’s Day in puns

BuzzFeed business reporter Sapna Maheshwari admits she has a weakness for puns.

But that didn’t stop her from compiling, along with BuzzFeed design director Will Varner, 14 Valentines with business and financial references.

Said Maheshwari:

Ok, my explanation is that: While covering new issues of corporate bonds at Bloomberg News, I noticed that many of the industry’s extremely unromantic terms could be used romantically. For example, “tender,” “tender offer,” “debt.” (It was kind of a lonely time.) I was reflecting on that recently and decided it was time to put my observation to good use. It is obviously a neglected space within the Valentine industry.

To see what she came up with, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.