Case Consortium @ Columbia Announces First Business Reporting Case

 
NEW YORK - Nov. 21, 2013 - PRLog -- The Case Consortium @ Columbia is happy to introduce our first case on business reporting. Just in time for spring courses!

The case, Cumulative or Discrete Numbers: How Should Bloomberg Measure the Bailout?, follows journalists at Bloomberg from 2008 through 2011 as they first file a FOIA request with the Federal Reserve and then sue the nation’s central bank. When the suit—aided by the Dodd-Frank Act—is successful, the Fed dumps tens of thousands of pages of data on Bloomberg. Reporters, editors and data analysts puzzle over how to make the data most useful to readers.

Use this case to ask students to think about various aspects of reporting on business. Ask them why numbers can be slippery, and whether business journalists can devise a yardstick for the principled use of numbers. They should also consider the available options in data journalism—what kind of data architecture can make information accessible and interesting to readers? Finally, discuss editorial management—how newsrooms decide when there is a difference of opinion between those working on a story.

This case, based on original research with the editors and reporters involved in Bloomberg’s stories about the Fed, provides an intriguing look behind the scenes at one of the world’s foremost business news organizations. Students will gain an understanding of team journalism, how individuals contribute to the final product, and what some of the trade-offs can be.

The Case Consortium is grateful to Bloomberg for its willingness to work with us on this project, which will help to educate future generations of business journalists around the world. To access the case, go to our website: https://casestudies.jrn.columbia.edu and check out Case Collection!

Our case studies in journalism are already used by over 100 schools worldwide. We have an ever-growing list of educators who teach our cases year after year. We have expanded an already successful teaching method to other fields of study including public health and public policy.

Faculty members can register to review cases on our website free of charge. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or feedback.

Contact: Andrew Fredman
(212) 854-6306
aef2161@columbia.edu

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