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We Mean Business — 77 episodes
Parasocial relationships in the age of social media
Personalized persuasion and the role of AI
How corporate pressure and silence lead to ethical collapse
This has to be rage bait: Outrage-driven engagement on social media
Nostalgia marketing: When the past becomes a strategy
The subscription trap and the cost of consumer inertia
Capturing the reality of underinsurance: The visual work behind “Burned”
Alexa York’s debut investigation uncovers radioactive contamination in Luckey, Ohio
Faulty estimates, widespread losses: Inside San Francisco Chronicle reporters’ investigation of underinsurance and its impact
Student athletes or university employees? The shifting status – and compensation – of college athletes
The nonprofits cutting through red tape to help homeless veterans
The FDA lets ‘risky drugs’ into the U.S. market, ProPublica reporter explains their investigation
Congressional stock trading is hard to identify, but reporters persevere
Business journalists embrace Substack as a full-time platform
Creativity, technology, and the future of artistic expression
AI’s evolving role in art, storytelling, and marketing
The internet made me do it: Branding in the age of virality
Corporate sustainability and greenwashing: Navigating the fine line
Content that matters: Balancing strategy and authenticity on social media
The rise of consumerism and the loss of authentic choice
Online non-profit teams with local TV to show human side of Social Security’s $21 billion overpayment clawback
Small debts, big losses: The data work and reporting behind uncovering the impact of HOA foreclosures in North Carolina
Combo of deep beat knowledge and investigative know-how power investigation into medical misconduct
Social Security overpayment clawbacks spur award-winning investigation – and outrage
Cultivating a document state of mind: Tips in investigative journalism with Jim Steele
Emerging trends in e-commerce
The legal and ethical concerns of data driven marketing in technology
The ethics of AI and data usage in marketing
The movie business as a working union actor
What happens when you’re not on strike, but your industry is?
Who lost this year’s Super Bowl? It could be the taxpayers.
Don’t shy away from the business angle in your sports coverage
The business of college football with Amanda Christovich
Bloomberg reporters gain answers to Cerebal Inc.’s ’Questionable Practices’
Business journalism advice for students with Jeff Timmermans
Gender equity in the newsroom with Kristen Gilger
Data Analysis: A journalist’s superpower with Steve Doig
Sports streaming business with Todd Merkow
Media training with Susan Lisovicz
The Los Angeles Times uncovered Oxyconton's 12-hour problem. Here's how they did it.
Testing a media-darling: How they did it.
Global teamwork leads to impactful business investigation. Here's how they did it.
Tips for engaging business journalism students
An introduction to financial statements
Finding and using census data in your stories
Inside the award-winning investigation “Fish Slavery”
Finding regional employment data
Behind the award-winning investigation "Unchecked Care"
More tips for building a winning business investigation
Inside the award-winning investigation, Dying for Care
Building winning business investigations
Covering the marijuana industry, part 3
The business of the marijuana industry, part 2
Covering the business of pot
Generating story ideas
Covering campaign finance
Databases you can use
Everyone’s a business journalist
Season 2's greatest tips
Micki Maynard and covering sports rivalries
Marilyn Geewax and part two from the editor’s point of view
Kim Quillen and the editor’s point of view
Dan Gillmor and dos and don’ts of tech coverage
Dan Gillmor and covering technology
Millennials and money with Rian Bosse
Business for broadcast with Ben Bergman
Investigative reporting with Michael Grabell
Covering money and politics
Covering the business of sports
Interviewing small business owners
Dealing with ’big name’ CEOs
Finding the best sources
Asking the (good) dumb question
Writing business for broadcast
Elements of feature stories
Common newsroom problem: Story ideas
Think like a business reporter