Institutional Investor's most-read stories are consistently original long-form investigations
Kip McDaniel · Kip McDaniel – How to Get an Allocator's Attention (Capital Allocators, EP.115) · Dec 9, 2019 · at 13:06
Kip McDaniel, Editor-in-Chief of Institutional Investor, discusses digital analytics after transitioning away from print media.
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“It warms a journalist's heart that the most read stories of the year are always original, investigative, long form work.”
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