How Tech Reporters Can Deepen Their Beat

By: Brady Dale | CJR

Ask a tech journalist about the latest cool features from the likes of Google Maps or Spotify, and they are likely not only to be able to rattle them off, but also to give astute opinions about whether those features position a product for success. But ask a tech reporter whether Foursquare was built in Objective-C or Java or something else, and it’s quite likely they’d have no idea.