Show Me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication (Routledge Communication Series) By Chris Roush
2004 | 451 Pages | ISBN: 0805849548 | PDF | 28 MB
Show Me The Money wins on substance. A bit daunting to the eye (this is very much an in-depth text), the book covers the full range of the business journalist -- covering companies, understanding terms, finding source information, getting a grip on the Wall Street marketplace and even understanding economics. The final chapter on internet sources of information is worth the price by itself. My quibbles are minor: the published news stories that are quoted in the book are perhaps unnecessarily long (but readily skimmed) and the writing style occasionally trips the light pedestrian. Those aside, I found this book to be a superb primer. For any early-career business journalist, this substitutes nicely for many hours in either the classroom or the woodshed with your editor.