Bloomberg Way - A Guide for Reporters and Editors

Informationen zum Autor MATTHEW WINKLER is the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg News. Prior to founding the news organization at Bloomberg LP! he was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal.JENNIFER SONDAG is the Standards Editor! Americas for Bloomberg News. She joined Bloomberg in 2000. Klappentext PRAISE FOR THE BLOOMBERG WAY"You don't have to be a business reporter to appreciate The Bloomberg Way. Its lessons about clear! crisp writing! the judicious use of facts rather than qualitative characterizations and a supreme commitment to accuracy make it an invaluable guide for all reporters and writers."--Sarah Bartlett! Dean! City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism"The new edition of The Bloomberg Way takes readers deeper into the award-winning mindset of global business and economic news leader Bloomberg. Especially instructive in this complete guide to learning by Matt Winkler are examples of exclusive Bloomberg stories; the emphasis on quality reporting! writing and ethical standards; and the descriptions of innovative new functions on its famous terminals to aid the mining of data."--Andrew Leckey! President! Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism! and Business Journalism Chair! Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School"Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief Matt Winkler expansively shares the secrets of the fastest growing news organization in the 21st century in The Bloomberg Way! making it a must-have book for any newsroom that covers U.S. or foreign markets! companies! industries or government."--Terri Thompson! Director! Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism! Columbia Graduate School of Journalism"At Bloomberg! Matthew Winkler built a news organization that is the envy of the industry: vibrant! vital and growing. Here! he gives us his secret sauce: the formula that makes Bloomberg a winner. The Bloomberg Way is a journalism school in a box! useful for anyone who wants to communicate with authority! credibility and clarity."--Jeff Jarvis! Director! Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism! City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism"The Bloomberg Way is the most important book that I've found on the most important topic in journalism today. Matthew Winkler writes crisply! emphasizes points with powerful anecdotes and teaches us that business reporting is a human story."--Randall D. Smith! Professor and Donald W. Reynolds Endowed Chair of Business Journalism! School of Journalism! University of Missouri Zusammenfassung The ultimate guide to financial reporting! from the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg News The Bloomberg Way: A Guide for Reporters and Editors is the ultimate handbook for business and financial reporting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction xi Acknowledgments xvii Chapter 1: The Bloomberg Way 1 Guiding Principles 2 Ethical Standards 3 Chapter 2: The Five Fs 5 Chapter 3: The Four-Paragraph Lead 7 Headlines 12 Leads 13 Size and Scope 18 Reinforcing the Lead 19 Quotations 20 Details 22 Nut Paragraphs 24 To Be Sure 26 Chapter 4: Show! Don't Tell 27 Characterizations 28 Assertions 30 Anecdotes 31 Chapter 5: Writing Well Matters 33 Precision and Brevity 34 Jargon 37 Clichés 38 Word Echoes 38 Tense and Voice 39 Concise Writing 39 Chapter 6: Preparation 41 How to Prepare 41 Source Development 43 Curtain-Raisers 44 Templates 45 Chapter 7: Headlines 47 Improving Headlines 48 Headline Style 49 Grammar and Punctuation 51 Stand-Alone Headlines 52 Story Subheads 53 Avoiding Headline Errors 54 Chapter 8: Covering News 55 Breaking News 56 News Releases 57 Attribution 58 Anonymous Sources 59 Corrections 61 Sending Corrections 63 Rumor and Speculation 64 Media Summaries 65 Story Mechanics 67 Complete Coverage 69 Chapter 9: People 71 Interviewing 72

List of contents

Introduction xi

Acknowledgments xvii

Chapter 1: The Bloomberg Way 1

Guiding Principles 2

Ethical Standards 3

Chapter 2: The Five Fs 5

Chapter 3: The Four-Paragraph Lead 7

Headlines 12

Leads 13

Size and Scope 18

Reinforcing the Lead 19

Quotations 20

Details 22

Nut Paragraphs 24

To Be Sure 26

Chapter 4: Show, Don't Tell 27

Characterizations 28

Assertions 30

Anecdotes 31

Chapter 5: Writing Well Matters 33

Precision and Brevity 34

Jargon 37

Clichés 38

Word Echoes 38

Tense and Voice 39

Concise Writing 39

Chapter 6: Preparation 41

How to Prepare 41

Source Development 43

Curtain-Raisers 44

Templates 45

Chapter 7: Headlines 47

Improving Headlines 48

Headline Style 49

Grammar and Punctuation 51

Stand-Alone Headlines 52

Story Subheads 53Avoiding Headline Errors 54

Chapter 8: Covering News 55

Breaking News 56

News Releases 57

Attribution 58

Anonymous Sources 59

Corrections 61

Sending Corrections 63

Rumor and Speculation 64

Media Summaries 65

Story Mechanics 67

Complete Coverage 69

Chapter 9: People 71

Interviewing 72

Obituaries 74

Chapter 10: Enterprise 77

Idea to Story 78

Preparing a Pitch 78

Types of Enterprise 81

Reporting 85

A Model of Reporting 86

Writing the Story 88

Chapter 11: Ethics 91

Working for Bloomberg 92

Covering Bloomberg 93

Fairness 94

Public Responsibilities 95

Endorsements and Paying Our Way 96

Plagiarism 97

Access 97

Transparency 98

Accuracy 100

Contests 100

Conduct 101

Libel 102

Red Flags 103

Avoiding a Libel Claim 104

Chapter 12: How We Work 107

Reporters 108

Interviewing 109

Accuracy 111

Editors 112

Editing Checklist 113

Bloomberg First Word 114

Going Online 115

Chapter 13: The Data Advantage 117

More News-Inspired Functions 120

Functions for Markets 122

Functions for Stocks 123

Functions for Bonds 125

Functions for Currencies 127

Functions for Commodities 127

Functions for Companies 128

Functions for Economies 130

Functions for Government 131

Chapter 14: Five Easy Pieces 133

Chapter 15: Markets 137

How to Cover Markets 138

Four Pillars of Market Reporting 143

Writing Market Leads 145

Keeping Stories Fresh 146

Technical Analysis 147

Markets Enterprise 149

Stocks 151

Themes for Stocks 151

Bonds 152

Government Bonds 153

Themes for Government Bonds 154

Corporate Bonds 155

Themes for Corporate Bonds 156

Swaps 157

Money Markets 158

Currencies 159

Covering Currency Markets 160

Themes for Currencies 161

Commodities 162

Themes for Commodities 164

Chapter 16: Companies 167

Market Perspective 168

Debt 169

Earnings 170

Mergers and Acquisitions 174

Valuation 176

Value Comparisons 178

Financing 180

Initial Public Offerings 181

Bond Sales 183

Repurchases and Dividends 184

Company Exclusives 186

Chapter 17: Economies 189

Covering Economies 190

Economy Enterprise 193

Chapter 18: Government 195

Follow the Money 198

Financing Government 199

Opinion Polls 200

Government Exclusives 202

Chapter 19: Grammar 205

Agreement of Subject and Verb 205

Commas 206

Hyphens 207

Only 207

Which and That 208

Has and Have 209

Who and Whom 211

Chapter 20: Words and Terms 213

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Sondag, Matthew Winkler, Matthew Sondag Winkler
• Assisted by: Matthew Winkler (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.04.2014
• EAN: 9781118842263
• ISBN: 978-1-118-84226-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Bloomberg; Bloomberg
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism