http://businessjournalism.org/2010/01/06/using-linkedin-to-help-write-a-profile/ Reynolds Center helps journalists Cover Business Better Free training, workshops, Webinars Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism Tue, 22 May 2012 01:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://businessjournalism.org/2010/01/06/using-linkedin-to-help-write-a-profile/comment-page-1/#comment-12871 LAT profile of News Corp. exec makes you want to grab a Bud with him : BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center for Business Journalism Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:01:26 +0000 http://businessjournalism.org/?p=6270#comment-12871 [...] As the Times’ media reporter, Joe has covered News Corp. and Carey for a while so he knew whom to call. For newcomers to a beat, he suggests calling everyone and not settling for generic answers. Joe says don’t settle for “he’s a great guy,” but ask for examples of his greatness. The same goes for learning that someone has a “great sense of humor” — find anecdotes that display that. For more about finding people to interview, see this post about using LinkedIn. [...] [...] As the Times’ media reporter, Joe has covered News Corp. and Carey for a while so he knew whom to call. For newcomers to a beat, he suggests calling everyone and not settling for generic answers. Joe says don’t settle for “he’s a great guy,” but ask for examples of his greatness. The same goes for learning that someone has a “great sense of humor” — find anecdotes that display that. For more about finding people to interview, see this post about using LinkedIn. [...]

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