Business & Economics Journalism: Books

The Bloomberg Guide to Business Journalism provides students and professionals with the essential tools for reporting on companies, industries, financial markets, economies, banks, and government policies. For those looking to begin careers as business journalists, the guide offers step-by-step instructions for reporting and breaking news, emphasizing high standards for accuracy and fairness.

A handbook for business and financial reporting from the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg News. A compilation of more than two decades worth of wisdom and experience from one of the world's largest news organizations, the book contains the information and guidance reporters, editors, and students need to be first, fastest, and factual.

Keith J. Butterick draws on extensive experience as a journalist and scholar to show why financial and business journalism is so often toothless. He offers compelling explanations for why big business needs the press—and vice versa.

This hands-on, practical text provides step-by-step guidance on how to write business articles such as the corporate quarterly earnings story, small business profiles, and business or consumer trend stories. Based on Northwestern University's business journalism program.

A survey of the field of business and economic journalism, addressing such topics as: the history of the field, differentiation among business journalism outlets, issues and forces that shape news coverage, globalism, personal finance issues, and professional concerns for practicing business journalists.

A journalism textbook that offers hands-on advice and insights into the job of a business journalist. Chris Roush draws on his experience as a business journalist and educator to explain how to cover businesses, industries and the economy, as well as where to find sources of information for stories.