Alec Klein is an award-winning investigative business journalist, bestselling author and journalism professor at Northwestern University. The following is a handout from his Reynolds Center Webinar on investigative reporting. The Pulitzer Prizes for examples of investigative business journalism PACER court service center for federal lawsuits Guidestar for nonprofit records WhoIs lookup for domain name and [...]
Forbes is currently searching to fill a reporting slot in its Washington D.C. bureau. If you’ve got the fundamentals down on the issues of economics and Washington and at least 3-5 years daily journalism experience, this job may be a perfect fit. The person hired for this position will write for both print and online. [...]
The Reynolds Center assembled some of the best investigative business journalists in the nation on Friday to talk about how they come up with great stories. What they all share is a doggedness in and passion for their work. And they all sat down to talk with Alec Klein for the Reynolds Center. LISTEN and [...]
MARK MAREMONT Senior editor for the Wall Street Journal. His team won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its stories on the back-dating of options for executives. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] PLAY: Maremont speaks with Alec Klein about investigative business journalism. Age: 51 Home: Needham, Mass. What I do: Investigative [...]
LAWRENCE ROBERTS Executive editor, Huffington Post Investigative Fund and former investigations editor at The Washington Post. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] PLAY: Roberts speaks with Alec Klein about investigative business journalism. Age: 58 Home: Garrett Park, Maryland What I do: Executive Editor, Huffington Post Investigative Fund Hours worked per week: Sorry, time clock [...]
GARY COHN 1998 Pulitzer Prize winner and 2009 Barlett & Steele winner [Audio clip: view full post to listen] PLAY: Cohn speaks with Alec Klein about investigative business journalism. Age: 57 Home: Santa Monica, CA What I do: Investigative reporter (currently freelance) and adjunct journalism professor at University of Southern California Annenberg School of Journalism [...]
BILL SIZEMORE Government/military reporter at The Virginian-Pilot [Audio clip: view full post to listen] PLAY: Sizemore speaks with Alec Klein about investigative business journalism. Age: 60 Home: Norfolk, VA What I do: Government/military reporter at The Virginian-Pilot Hours worked per week: 40-plus Why I do what I do: It’s all I know how to do [...]
ALEXANDRA BERZON Reporter for the Wall Street Journal, whose work led the Las Vegas Sun to the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] PLAY: Berzon speaks with Alec Klein about investigative business journalism. Age: 30 Home: Los Angeles, CA What I do: cover casinos/hotels for the Wall Street [...]
We were in Philly Friday, Jan. 22, for a daylong workshop on “Tracking the Economic Recovery in Your Town.” Sessions included one from Ryan Sweet, senior economist with Moody’s Economy.com, who talked about which local economic statistics are worth following. Sweet was joined by Melissa Preddy, who brainstormed story ideas and identified resources for [...]
