TheStreet is looking for personal finance writers to create content for its Web site MainStreet.com in New York.Applicants should have at least three year’s experience in writing online, an understanding of financial issues and strong investigative skills. Candidates should also posses a distinctive writing voice and the ability to write clean copy.To apply, e-mail your [...]
Ruth Madoff, the wife of the imprisoned Ponzi-scheme operator Bernard Madoff, became the focus of a Vanity Fair article by Mark Seal after she broke her silence by issuing a press release. Seal uses that statement to provide a voice from Mrs. Madoff. The remainder of the story comes from the approximately 100 people Mark [...]
OK, so no one’s ever dreamed about striding to a podium, awash in applause, to accept an award for a well-reported can’t-put-it-down durable goods order story. (Right?) Still, for those of us fortunate enough to still have any manufacturers to cover, the U.S. Census Bureau’s monthly update – July numbers are due out Wednesday at [...]
What would happen if a major U.S. city was suddenly without a daily newspaper? On the Media’s Bob Garfield posed that idea, which seems increasingly possible these days, to CUNY Professor Jeff Jarvis. Jarvis, who made the rounds this weekend after his appearance at ‘Of the Press: Models for Preserving American Journalism,’ a three-day conference [...]
Examiner.com is looking for telecommuting freelance journalists to write for its Business and Finance Channel on some of the following subjects: Green Business Home Building Industry Internet Business Nonprofit Business Organic Industry Retirement Planning Start-up Business Tourism Industry The freelancers will write original, insightful content on their selected subject for Examiner’s Web site. Freelancers will [...]
Thomson Reuters is looking for a Company News desk editor at its New York office.The editor will edit top corporate news stories of the day and create wrap-ups from multiple articles with different datelines. The selected applicant will also work with reporters throughout North and South America, mentor new journalists and offer his or her [...]
The Worcester Business Journal is looking for a full-time staff writer at its headquarters in Massachusetts.The journalist will write short business pieces as well as in-depth articles.The reporter will also be expected to take pictures, shoot video and occasionally proofread for the biweekly publication.Candidates should have at least one year of professional journalism experience.To apply, [...]
Given the stock market dive of the past year, it would be fitting if retirement plan statements came embedded with those tiny greeting-card sound chips, only instead of “Happy Birthday” they could emit the ominous themes from “Jaws” or “Halloween.” Then again, many savers have been pitching the statements unopened into a drawer rather than [...]
Chris Arnold of NPR did a segment about the Home Valuation Code of Conduct, a new rule enacted in May that requires arm’s length appraisals, and its impact on real estate sales. The segment offers both sides of the story: Realtors who say the rule has slowed real estate sales, and others who say it’s [...]
