The New York Times Reader: Business & Economics. Mark W. Tatge. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2010. 282 pp.
Business and economics journalism, despite advances in the past two decades, still remains a backwater in terms of education in journalism and mass communication programs. That’s why Mark Tatge’s reader on business and economics coverage in the New York Times is a welcome addition.
Tatge, a former Forbes senior editor and Wall Street Journal reporter, uses examples from the Times to explain how stories about major business and economics topics were reported, and adds interviews with the reporters and editors who produced the stories so readers understand the difficulties, and the tricks, in covering such beats. That makes this a book that could be a valuable addition to the syllabus for corporate PR classes as well as reporting and business journalism classes. [Read more...]
