You often have to put up with me railing against the single-source story.But this press-release “journalism,” merely taking dictation, is one of the biggest challenges
E-mail has made the news, news stories, and newspapers dull. (Patrick B. Pexton) Pexton, a former Washington Post ombudsman,doesn’t like email interviews. “E-mail is a
You will. Even the most diligent beat reporter will open up Twitter or a competing publication and Web site and see that she has been
As I write this, I have been preparing for an interview with Gary Locke, the U.S. ambassador to China. You’ll run into these kind of
Memo: To young journalists When I was your age, I walked 20 miles through the snow just to write obituaries for a small-town newspaper. Part
“Don’t be boring.” This isn’t just a consistent theme of my posts here but what the Washington Post’s incoming owner, Jeff Bezos, told the staff.
For most of my career, one of the most important questions bosses would ask about a potential job candidate was whether he or she had
Beat transitions have always been haphazard. At their best, the former beat reporter gives you her beat book (more about that later), takes you around
From real estate and economic development to tourism and the creative economy, Megan Kamerick has dabbled in almost every business beat. In her 20-year career,
Sins. We’ve got ’em. Don’t make stuff up. Don’t plagiarize. Don’t take part in political activities. If you’re a business writer, you can’t own shares
This was last week: It was an average week. I’m not working on a book at the moment. No corrections. When people hear these stories,
Throughout his career, Richard Behar has traveled to more than 40 countries and written award-winning investigative pieces for Forbes, Time and Fortune magazines and a
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