How to ask for an interview via email: 5 key steps
Most of us spend 28 percent of our workday on email—deleting, sorting or responding—so it’s an essential tool for business reporters reaching out to sources and editors. But
Most of us spend 28 percent of our workday on email—deleting, sorting or responding—so it’s an essential tool for business reporters reaching out to sources and editors. But
Finicky punctuation rules can evade us all. Here’s how to master the em-dash, exclamation point and question mark. Em-dashes Who doesn’t like dashes as emphasis
Before filing your final end-of-year story, check out these Associated Press style guidelines. They’ll help you finesse the trickier fine points that frequently elude us
Hype is a constant issue in business. Companies indulge in it. PR reps dole it out by the ladle. Markets revel in it. But hype
Matt Lait is the city editor at the Los Angles Times and an adjunct instructor at the University of Southern California. Lait helped receive the 2016
Harriet Ryan is a Bronze Award Winner of the Barlett & Steele Award for Investigative Journalism. Ryan is an investigative reporter for the Los Angeles
Your 500-word assignment has ballooned to 750 words, and there’s no way to shorten it without destroying your carefully crafted prose. If that sounds familiar, you’re not
Today’s business reporters must be excellent writers, thorough reporters and savvy promoters. Many of us are responsible for pushing our work through social media channels to increase
If you report on business, you already know that the media industry has changed dramatically and continues to evolve. To stay afloat, you must write
Whether or not to go freelance might be one of the most agonizing questions in journalism. While there have always been freelance journalists, recent turbulence in
Brandon Quester is the founder and executive director of the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit media organization focused on data journalism and investigative
Every few months my iPhone reminds me to update my apps. Upgrades take time and require shutting down the phone and giving it a reboot.
Two Minute Tips
Every Tuesday we send out a quick-read email with tips for business journalism. Sign up now and get one Tuesday.