
Episode 7: Inside The Lives of M&A Reporters
Deal of the Week
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How to Survive in the World of Journalism
I think for any reporter, almost whatever you're covering, that's kind of where you want to be. The difference in M&A is that if we publish a story, it can have a huge effect on the market. It can move the company's stock one way or another. And also we're writing about stuff that is almost by definition material to the companies we cover. My reason for doing it's kind of more pragmatic. Journalism is a tough racket. I've been doing it for 12 years. About five years ago, I realized the bottom was falling out from it. So as a survival thing, I decided the way to stay afloat in this tough journalism game was to prove
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