If you want to learn more about covering private companies, this tutorial from Chris Roush is a must see. Roush is the director of the Carolina Business News Initiative and an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Items covered include:
The differences and similarities between private and public companies.
Common information available for all private companies.
Where to find other information that may be useful when writing about private companies.
Click here to download the private company tutorial. (PDF)
About the Author
The Reynolds Center, created through generous grants from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation of Las Vegas and operated by ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is dedicated to improving the quality of business and economics coverage through training programs for business reporters and editors.
