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Writing About Business: The New Knight-Bagehot Guide to Economics and Business Journalism
Terri Thompson
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Description for Writing About Business: The New Knight-Bagehot Guide to Economics and Business Journalism
Paperback. A guide to writing about business and economics. This book demystifies basic concepts of macroeconomics, microeconomics, financial markets, and international economics and trade. It suggests investigative techniques and strategies for covering specific beats, including personal finance, the environment, labor and workplace issues, and more. Editor(s): Thompson, Terri. Num Pages: 480 pages, 4 photos, 2 cartoons, 4 figure. BIC Classification: CJCW; KJ; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
Drawing upon the experience of some forty of the nation's finest journalists, all alumni of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia University, this book is a complete guide to writing about business and economics. Writing About Business begins by demystifying basic concepts of macroeconomics, microeconomics, financial markets, and international economics and trade. Next, it provides practical reporting tips, from how to use statistics to understanding what the government has in its files, from conducting live interviews to using electronic data to generate stories about companies. In closing, the book suggests investigative techniques and strategies for covering ... Read more
Drawing upon the experience of some forty of the nation's finest journalists, all alumni of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia University, this book is a complete guide to writing about business and economics. Writing About Business begins by demystifying basic concepts of macroeconomics, microeconomics, financial markets, and international economics and trade. Next, it provides practical reporting tips, from how to use statistics to understanding what the government has in its files, from conducting live interviews to using electronic data to generate stories about companies. In closing, the book suggests investigative techniques and strategies for covering ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231118354
SKU
V9780231118354
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Ref
99-1
About Terri Thompson
Terri Thompson became director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in June 1993. In her twenty years as a business journalist, she has worked for Business Week, U. S. News & World Report, Institutional Investor, and Lear's, among others. She is a former president of the New York Financial Writers' Association and the author of Biz Kids' Guide to Success: Money-Making Ideas ... Read more
Reviews for Writing About Business: The New Knight-Bagehot Guide to Economics and Business Journalism
It is a veritable encyclopaedia, offering not only crisp summaries of major fields of economics, finance, and business, but also advice on how journalists can find their way around those fields. Columbia Journalism Review