McGraw Center to focus on long-form, in-depth stories
Jane Sasseen’s investigative business and economic stories have been featured in publications such as BusinessWeek and Yahoo News. At her newest job, she’ll help journalists write their own long-form business pieces. Sasseen became the executive director of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism at City University of New York three weeks ago. […]
Challenges facing young business journalists
In the last installment of this 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 […]
How Marketwatch uses polls of its readers to report stories
A Marketwatch.com story last week about investing in the Twitter initial public offering originated from a poll that had run earlier in the week that allowed folks to leave an email address if they wanted to be contacted by a reporter. It’s a reporting tactic that can be useful during a time when all journalists, […]
Using Twitter to write a business magazine story
Steve Baker, a former business journalist at BusinessWeek, writes for The Huffington Post about how he used Twitter to write a story for the magazine and how he doesn’t use Twitter any more. Baker writes, “But then I came up with a plan to leverage my mainstream journalism asset. I would write a BusinessWeek article […]
How to cover the transportation beat
Andy Riga of the Montreal Gazette writes for Curbingcars.com on how to cover the transportation beat. Riga writes, “Want to be a transport reporter? Here’s my road map to a fulfilling (and fun) beat. “1) Make it practical. Help people get around, whatever their preferred mode. Major roadwork, transit interruptions, bike-path obstructions. I write ‘em […]
What Jim Michaels taught Forbes journalists
Paul Brown, a former Forbes writer, writes about what he learned while working for the magazine’s famoous managing editor. Brown writes, “This is going to be a blog post that tells you: You need to make your communications even shorter; your images more vivid and you darn well better have a point of view. “These are […]
Why Quartz focuses on short, and long articles
Quartz, the business news site from The Atlantic, writes stories less than 500 words or very long stories, says editor in chief Kevin Delaney. Sarah Marshall of Journalism.co.uk writes, “At the Digital Editors’ Network event taking place at News UK this afternoon, Kevin Delaney suggested that news publishers ditch medium-length articles. ‘Too much reporting is […]
The making of a sports business reporter
Steve Kandell of BuzzFeed profiles CNBC sports business reporter Darren Rovell, who is a lightning rod for criticism because of what he covers. Kandell writes, “Darren Rovell, just shy of 400,000 followers strong, does not exist on Twitter alone — his return to ESPN after six years at CNBC includes filing reported stories regularly and […]
Our job is to demystify and explain
Suzanne McGee, who has begun writing a column for The Guardian’s U.S. business section, writes about what business journalists should be doing in their work. McGee writes, “Only a minority of those who write about personal finance will be investigative reporters, digging into topics such as the allegations that Merrill Lynch and other institutions manipulated […]
How long should I keep my notes?
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, […]
