Business Professionals: Paid Diary Study on Enterprise News Tools

What We're Researching

We're running a paid study on the daily usage of enterprise news platforms and how they integrate into professional routines. Understanding these habits helps us evaluate the effectiveness of current information delivery systems in fast-paced corporate environments. Your daily input will highlight the friction points and value drivers of workplace news consumption.

How It Works

You will participate in a remote 5-day diary study, spending about 15 minutes per day logging your interactions with news tools. Each day, you will answer brief questions detailing what news you read, which platforms you used, and how that information influenced your work. You will describe specific features that helped or hindered your daily tasks. A subset of participants will also be invited to a 75-minute follow-up interview to discuss their logged experiences in greater depth.

Who This Is For

We are looking for full-time professionals (30+ hours/week) at companies with 1,000+ employees, based in the United States or United Kingdom, working in Financial Services, Technology, or Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting, HR, Marketing). Ideal candidates actively use enterprise news and research tools — such as Bloomberg, Factiva, AlphaSense, Wall Street Journal Pro, or Financial Times Pro — daily or multiple times a day as part of their role. Candidates must be comfortable documenting their daily routines and discussing their workflow processes.

Responsibilities

• Log your enterprise news consumption for 15 minutes a day over a 5-day period (July 20–24).
• Document the specific platforms, newsletters, or news aggregators you use for work.
• Detail how daily news impacts your business decisions and workflow.
• Participate in a 75-minute follow-up interview if selected (between July 27–August 5) for deeper workflow discussion. Compensation: an additional $250.

Requirements

• Full-time employee (not self-employed, freelance, founder, or part-time) at a company with 1,000+ employees.
• Works in Financial Services, Technology, or Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting, HR, Marketing).
• Based in the United States or United Kingdom.
• Uses at least 2 of the following tools as part of your role: Bloomberg, Bloomberg Terminal, Factiva, AlphaSense, Wall Street Journal Pro, Financial Times Pro, Economist Pro, Yahoo Finance Pro, or Perplexity Enterprise — with at least one used daily or multiple times a day.
• Available to complete short daily logs from July 20 to July 24, and possibly a 75-minute interview between July 27 and August 5.
• Comfortable discussing daily routines and software preferences.