Great narrative is prized in journalism. Long stories with protagonists, antagonists, narrative arcs, color, drama, conflict, intrigue … sorry, got carried away. That’s the potential
People you interview may say something that is blatantly false or true, and you might be able to verify, one way or the other. But
If you had the option to do one thing to improve your business reporting and personal career, Karen K. Ho has two words for you:
In any undertaking, once you’ve done it long enough, you’ll have developed working habits. That is important, because if must consciously think through every action
You have a business selling used bottle caps at 5 cents a piece to collectors (because there’s a customer born every minute). Last year the
“Fake news” has become a thorn in the side of reporting. Yes, there are always stories that have failings in bias, bad research, or other
You’d think this would be a given, but too many business stories incorporate information that, while popularly believed, is simply wrong. If you don’t check
You know the drill. You receive a response to an outstanding query, or maybe it’s something tepid coming in over the transom. The email lauds
October means witches, goblins, and all things spooky. To freelancers, few things are scarier than getting ghosted by an editor or other key person in their project.
There’s a sucker born every minute. As a reporter, particularly a business journalist, you don’t want the next one to be you. There have been
I’ve come across some new (at least to me) tools that are great for reporters doing data work as part of their business journalism. Here
Graduating is hard. Finding a job is hard. Living through a pandemic is hard. Combining all three of those aspects together may look like an
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