The Blood in Your Phone: Covering Conflict Minerals
By Jacob Kushner February 29, 2016
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern region has been ravaged by mineral-fueled violence for decades, killing more people than any other conflict since World War II. Covering Business spoke with Michael Kavanagh, a veteran Bloomberg reporter in Congo, about how to report on this complex and divisive subject.
Enlisting an Academic Gatekeeper to Unlock a Story
By Jacob Kushner December 16, 2014
Sometimes there is a single expert who’s the ‘gatekeeper’ to a castle of information and contacts on a business or deal a reporter is investigating. What can a journalist do to gain the trust of such an expert– and what does the expert expect from the journalist in return?
