Show Me the Money is a business reporting textbook offering hands-on advice and examples on doing the job of a business journalist. Author Chris Roush draws on his own business journalism background to explain how to cover businesses and industries, and where to find sources of information for stories. He includes examples of business stories demonstrating how reporters take financial information and turn it into relevant facts that explain a topic to readers. With … More >>
Show Me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication
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.
Rating: 4 / 5