Quality Journalism, Served Daily
As we head into another political cycle, journalism’s silly season reappears in force: snarky takes and instant verdicts and viral quizzes asking which presidential pet you’re most like. From the president on down, the news cycle runs in Twitter time and rhyme. Given our contrarian nature, we’re happily doubling down on a Forbes journalism hallmark: long-form, deep-dive journalism.
The issue you’re holding offers a representative sampling: For the cover story, Alex Konrad traveled to Bucharest to reveal, for the first time, the backstory on the hottest company in tech, UiPath, which has equipped corporate America with a bot army and in the process created $7 billion in value over three years. Lauren Debter spent months tracking and parrying with Patrick Byrne, the frenetic founder of Overstock, unwinding the bizarre tale of his corporate demise, complete with mass firings, Russian spies and a $40 million loan from his mother. Jeff Kauflin and Susan Adams interviewed 75 people to piece together the opportunities, for society and entrepreneurs alike, in reaching the world’s 1.7 billion unbanked people.
“I get to work with brilliant writers, who have the luxury of spending weeks upon weeks developing and reporting these features,” says executive editor Michael Noer, a 20-year Forbes veteran, whose sole job here is to make sure that we do in-depth journalism with impact and integrity. “We have time to revise, to question, to think.” And we produce this magazine-quality journalism
every single day. Forbes’ Daily Cover Stories grace the front of our site each morning, encompassing a large team of professionals: rigorous reporters pursuing fresh angles; thorough editors like Noer who battle-test every idea and cherish each word; and fresh-eyed fact-checkers and copy editors who oversee important steps that too many have jettisoned. Yes, it’s all expensive, but it comes with dividends. When Simmons Research last year asked 2,000 Americans which news sources they trust, no magazine or media outlet primarily focused on free online journalism scored higher than Forbes.
The public may click on the hot takes, but they also value quality.