5 Professional Tips for Covering India
Vikas Bajaj , who covered India for The New York Times, and Amol Sharma, who covered the nation for The Wall Street Journal, spoke about their experiences last month at Columbia.
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How to Cover the Credit Card Industry
The aftermath of the financial crisis was not kind to the credit card industry. New legislation and tighter regulation have put new pressure on companies like MasterCard and Visa. They’ve also altered the landscape for journalists covering those companies. Here’s a look a what’s changed and how to approach the beat.
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So You Want to Cover China…
Bloomberg News reporters Michael Forsythe and Henry Sanderson have a combined 11 years of experience covering business and economics in China. Here are a few things they learned along the way.
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How to Cover Exchange-Traded Funds
In less than twenty years, the assets of exchange-traded funds have ballooned to more than $1 trillion. Now, many financial news organizations dedicate full-time reporters to these investment vehicles. Here’s what you need to know.
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Five Resources for Crowdsourcing Your Reporting
Tracking down anecdotes and trustworthy sources on deadline can be a challenge. Here are a few social networks to help you find a source quickly — and from anywhere.
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How to Cover the Options Market
The options market is a valuable source of information for markets reporters. Although it’s more complicated than the stock market, learning even the basics can offer some early clues about where sophisticated investors believe a company is headed.
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Behind the Story: Bribery Unpunished
James B. Stewart explains how an earlier story led to his column in The New York Times on the Wal-Mart bribery case.
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What Corporate Bribery Can Buy
A group of researchers have quantified just how effective the kind of bribery that The New York Times exposed at Wal-Mart can be.
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For Reporters, New Hurdles in Exposing Corruption
Globalization has made reporting on corruption an international exercise. A panel of journalists discuss new challenges to investigating cheating and bribery around the world.
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How Business Day Went Live
The New York Times launched “Business Day Live,” the paper’s first real-time video program on the web, in February. Times video producer Mac Bishop discusses how the show got off the ground and what’s next in online video at The NYT.
