NYU Business & Economic Reporting

05/11/2022

“In response to a question from Mr. Baron about blocking anti-Semitism and hate speech on Twitter, Mr. Musk said he agreed this type of speech wasn’t acceptable. The crowd applauded his response.

“‘It is not OK to engage in hateful conduct on Twitter,’ he said.”

It took just hours for the “free speech absolutist” to reveal that he isn’t so absolute.

At an investor conference in New York, the billionaire spoke about advertising and hate speech and implored people to pay for a verified account.

02/04/2019

"Interest in studying journalism hasn’t waned at the region’s top schools since Donald Trump’s election, and in some ways, criticism of the press may actually be energizing student journalists.”

“Whether the president wants to do this or not, he is elevating the role of journalists in society. He is making them more important.”

10/02/2019

Fact-checkers can reflect bias, as this piece shows.

When the Washington Post’s Fact Check columnist gave three Pinocchios to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, he was revealing an important…

11/11/2018

A reporter unwittingly left a voice mail for a GOP candidate. She was fired for what she said.

A Michigan reporter left a voice mail for GOP candidate John James's campaign. It did not go well.

04/10/2018

https://www.cjr.org/watchdog/pegasus-israeli-spyware.php

In May 2016, the Mexican investigative journalist Sebastián Barragán was working on an explosive story. An anonymous source had sent Aristegui Noticias, the investigative outlet where he worked, a grainy video that appeared to show a scene of brutal torture; in it a group of police officers surrou...

02/08/2018

A good primer on the definition of "off-the-record." It's a term often thrown around with little understanding of what it actually means.

A primer on the kinds of conversations journalists have with sources.

28/06/2018

"BuzzFeed News, ProPublica, The Intercept and Univision announced Wednesday that they are partnering to gather vital information about the children in immigration detention facilities and shelters. Joining the effort: a leading Mexican news site, Animal Político, the Guatemalan site Plaza Pública, and El Faro, from El Salvador."

Frustrated at the Trump administration’s limited information about thousands of migrant children separated from their parents, a group of news orga

11/06/2018

http://mediainsight.org/Pages/Americans-and-the-News-Media-What-they-do-and-don%27t--understand-about-each-other.aspx

18/05/2018

Congratulations to Charles Rollet (BER 18), who contributed to the Wall Street Journal's "China's Surveillance State" package selected as a finalist for the international category for the Loebs.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2018-gerald-loeb-awards-finalists-career-achievement-honorees-and-date-of-awards-banquet-in-new-york-city-announced-by-ucla-anderson-300650525.html?tc=portal_CAP

05/05/2018

https://www.lenfestinstitute.org/solution-set/2018/05/03/pop-newsroom-canada-taking-slow-journalism-approach-local-news/

Last September, journalist Jeremy Klaszus launched a new online news publication. After one successful month of coverage, he closed the site down. This was the plan from the beginning. Klaszus created the site, The Sprawl, as a pop-up journalism experiment. He wanted to cover Calgary’s municipal e...

28/04/2018

Another comprehensive story by a BER alum.

Over 100 million items were eligible for Prime two-day shipping in the U.S. by the end of last year.