The Bloomberg Way: A Guide for Reporters and

The Bloomberg Way: A Guide for Reporters and Editors by Matthew Winkler

The Bloomberg Way: A Guide for Reporters and Editors Matthew Winkler ebook
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Format: pdf
Page: 376
ISBN: 9781118030172

Defining the ethos of one of Washington's fastest growing news organizations is a style guide called “The Bloomberg Way,” which among other things bans words like “but,” “despite,” and “however,” because they “force readers to deal with conflicting ideas in the same Under the radar, Bloomberg has built up a Washington bureau with 140 reporters and editors — three times the size of the New York Times bureau — and fields a White House team of six reporters. "While the policy is meant to extend broadly across all social networks, we're encouraging reporters and editors to get started with Twitter," he said. Reporters and editors have complained for years about Winkler's rigid style dictates, and he had always brushed them off. It was a striking admission from the man who wrote “The Bloomberg Way: A Guide for Reporters and Editors,” considered among the quintessential handbooks on ethical business reporting. Either way is correct,” Brenner said. (The Bloomberg Way: A Guide for Reporters and Editors, 10th Edition, 245). Matthew Winkler, author of The Bloomberg Way: A Guide for Reporters and Editors, takes us on a historical journey to answer the question: Who Invented Writing in this TEDed animated video. Today, it's rare for reporters, or even former reporters, to speak up about what's happening within their organizations, even if it's about a simple disagreement over editorial choices. She said editors and writers can use the Chicago Manual of Style for their publication's print copy, for instance, but also often follow The Yahoo Style Guide for Web copy. As I wrote in “The Bloomberg Way,” our guide for reporters and editors, “The appearance of impropriety can be as damaging to a reputation as doing something improper.