I’m Matt Bell, and I currently work at the Australian Financial Review on the Markets Live blog. At the AFR, I’m focused solely on markets, so anything that moves the share market, whether it’s inflation data, jobs figures, or corporate earnings. It is very different to my previous role at The Australian where what I covered could have been completely different day to day. A lot of pitches I get aren’t relevant to my beat, or that wouldn’t resonate with a national business audience. Get the basics right, relevant angles, quick access to strong spokespeople, usable quotes, and clean background material.