We Mean Business
Originally, the “How to Cover Money” podcast series, ”We Mean Business” is produced by The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism, designed specifically for journalists who want to cover business better on their beats.
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Episodes
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Ruby Arora interviews Susan Lisovicz, long-time CNN and CNBC on-air reporter, on how journalists can prepare to be on camera and why business journalism is such an important field for all journalists to understand.
Stay tuned for the rest of this 5-part series this summer.
Thursday Mar 30, 2017
Thursday Mar 30, 2017
Los Angeles Times Reporter Harriet Ryan and Editor Matt Lait, now of CNN, spoke with Jenna Miller of the Reynolds Center to discuss their work with the award-winning Oxycontin's 12-hour Problem investigation. This project took home the Bronze Award at the 2016 Barlett and Steele Awards for Investigative Journalism.
Wednesday Mar 01, 2017
Wednesday Mar 01, 2017
Christopher Weaver of the Wall Street Journal talked with Jenna Miller of the Reynolds Center to discuss his work with the award winning Testing Theranos investigation. This project took home the Silver Award at the 2016 Barlett and Steele Awards for Investigative Journalism.
Friday Feb 17, 2017
Friday Feb 17, 2017
Bastian Obermayer of the Munich based paper Süddeutsche Zeitung and Gerard Ryle, Director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, talked with Jenna Miller of the Reynolds Center to discuss their work with the award winning Panama Papers. Their organizations, along with more than 100 other media partners, took home the Gold Award at the 2016 Barlett and Steele Awards for Investigative Journalism.
Thursday Feb 02, 2017
Thursday Feb 02, 2017
Business journalism professors Karen Blumenthal, Andrew Cassel and Keith Herndon share their tips for engaging students in class. They originally shared these tips during Reynolds Week 2016. Jenna Miller hosts this episode.
Thursday Jan 19, 2017
Thursday Jan 19, 2017
The How to Cover Money podcast is back with W.P. Carey School of Business professor Philip Drake and Bloomberg's Tom Contiliano, as they give an introduction on reading financial statements as a business reporter. Jenna Miller hosts this episode.
Saturday Nov 12, 2016
Saturday Nov 12, 2016
Brandon Quester and Evan Wyloge of the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting share their tips for finding and using census data. Quester and Wyloge originally shared these tips during Reynolds Week 2016.Megan Calcote hosts the podcast series.To read the AZCIR's four-part investigation on hazardous chemicals, visit businessjournalism.org.
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Robin McDowell, and Martha Mendoza of the Associated Press discuss their 2015 Barlett and Steele Gold Award winning investigation “Fish Slavery.” McDowell and Mendoza discussed their project with Katherine Fitzgerald and Eddie Keller earlier this year.Megan Calcote hosts the podcast series.To read the AP's four-part investigation, visit businessjournalism.org.
Friday Oct 07, 2016
Friday Oct 07, 2016
University of Michigan economist Donald Grimes shares his tips for finding Regional Employment data.Megan Calcote hosts the podcast series.To access the reports and surveys Grimes recommends during the podcast visit businessjournalism.org
Thursday Sep 22, 2016
Thursday Sep 22, 2016
Christopher Serres and Glenn Howatt of the Minneapolis Star Tribune sat down with Katherine Fitzgerald and Eddie Keller of the Reynolds Center to discuss their award winning work, "Unchecked Care." Serres and Howatt's investigation won the Silver Award at the 2015 Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism. Visit businessjournalism.org to read their four-part investigation. Megan Calcote hosts the podcast series.
At the Reynolds Center
The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism was established in 2003 with the goal of improving the quality of media coverage of business and the economy. Since then our mission has been to promote the importance of business journalism among journalism students, give journalists tools to improve their business coverage and help freelancers navigate working with a variety of publications.
Over the years the Reynolds Center has trained more than 30,000 journalists and educators through in-person and online training throughout the country. We have worked with a wide range of freelance writers and collaborated with academic professors and departments in order to continuously improve the quality of content we produce including ebooks, podcasts, and instructional fun videos.