When I was young, I was covering the historic Texaco-Pennzoil trial in Houston. At one point, James Kinnear, the president of Texaco sought me out
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
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
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
The ubiquitous use of short-form Q-and-A style interviews has almost killed in daily newspapers what is one of the more compelling uses of our written
There’s no polite way to say this so I’ll just be blunt. Too much business journalism is crap. It’s dull, reactive, inaccurate, misleading…did I say
The proposed middle-class tax cuts that limit income to $250,000 got editors at the Evansville Courier & Press wondering: How do you define middle class?
The one-hour webinar, “Getting LinkedIn — Sourcing through Social Networking,” took place Feb. 28, 2012. | At the bottom of this page, you’ll find links
I loved Meghan E. Irons’ piece in the Boston Globe about how business in one neighborhood picks up significantly at the first of the month
Janet Cho of the Cleveland Plain Dealer emailed me another tip after reading yesterday’s post about getting better responses from man-on-the-street interviews. Today’s Tip: “Treat
A McClatchy Newspapers story based on “man-on-the-street” interviews with small-business owners nationwide garnered attention recently because of its findings. With help from the chain’s reporters
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