By W.J. Hennigan As the U.S. attempts to tighten its financial belt, many Americans are seeking help to hone their spending and saving skills, and increasingly, they are looking to the Internet. Each day, hundreds of thousands of people visit personal finance Web sites that offer tools to help them set up budgets, rein in [...]
President Barack Obama’s plan to help struggling homeowners will soon trickle into communities across the nation, with the potential to directly impact the economic health of families, and in many cases, entire regions. As reporters, our job is to show readers the local impact of this rescue plan. So how do you take a huge [...]
Marketwatch reports that The Wall Street Journal will host the “Future of Finance Initiative,” a working session that brings together top leaders and thinkers in global finance to identify the basic principles on which a new financial system must be reconstructed. The Journal’s financial editors and reporters will moderate the discussions, which will be held [...]
A story by Dow Jones offers a look Jim Hopkins, a former USA Today reporter and editor who now runs Gannett Blog.The blog has become a mecca for Gannett employees who want the latest information on company news. It also gives staffers a place to exchange ideas, experiences and talk about the future of their [...]
Abigail Goldman, a “green business” reporter, annoced that she’s leaving the Los Angeles Times, according to reports from LA Observed.The post says that Goldman was the last remaining member of the four-reporter team that won the Pulitzer Prize (and a Polk Award) in 2004 for a series on the global impact of Wal-Mart working at [...]
On a day when President Obama prepares to sign the newest stimulus into law and the financial markets are testing November lows, CNBC is getting reactions from the financial world. During “Power Lunch,” real estate billionaire Mort Zuckerman joined the discussion about everything from real estate to executive compensation.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, which entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month, is close to several agreements with different unions representing many of its employees, according to MinnPost.com. The Star Tribune is moving apace on a key component of its reorganization in bankruptcy court: seeking new deals with its labor unions.Teamsters Local 638, which represents [...]
A report from James Rainey of The Los Angeles Times offers a closer look at the Voice of San Diego, a non-profit news services that’s producing investigative journalism on the cheap.Could this model for news-gathering offer a glimpse into the future of American journlism?From the story: Where’s the anxiety? Why isn’t anyone trolling those websites [...]
