Business journalists stuck searching for story ideas always have one fail-proof recourse to turn to: datasets and databases. Here are eight places to find data for your business beat. U.S.
For business beat reporters looking for story ideas or inspiration, here are five watchdog stories to spark creativity. The stories, all published in the first seven months of 2022, touch
Are you looking for your next apartment, but worried about overlooking red flags? Fear not — you can take matters into your own hands just by looking through publicly available
Not all journalism grads will work as full-time staff for a news organization. Maybe after searching on JournalismJobs.com and following up with journalism school contacts, you’ll choose to become a
For her last episode, Ruby interviews Jeff Timmermans, Director of the Reynolds Center. Ruby asks poignant questions about what is needed from students looking to get into business journalism and
Journalists live and breathe on Twitter, and following each other is a sign of respect (or possibly fear). While some business journalists boast followings in the hundreds of thousands, the
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 often there are relative truths
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: operations management. Currently writing about
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 and decision to the smallest
If you are a business journalist, then you also have the role of critic. Not that you’re being paid to offer your personal opinions about this company, that stock, or
Journalists know in theory that marketers want to get attention because it might help their businesses. But their actions can take subtle and even sneaky forms. One I’ve seen for
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 volume was 10 and you
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