Archive for September, 2009

Pen economic news for Kiplinger Washington Editors

Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. is looking for a full-time economics reporter in Washington D.C.The reporter will cover the U.S. business and economy for Kiplinger’s business newsletter and Web site.To apply, mail your cover letter, resume and writing samples to:Human ResourcesThe Kiplinger Letter1729 H Street, NWWashington, DC 20006human.resources@kiplinger.comFAX: 202-496-1817 Learn more about the position here. Discover [...]

Engage readers with interactive charts, graphics

BBC News reporter Steve Schifferes’ story about bailout spending offers interactive graphics and words to explain how the United States and the United Kingdom have spent the most. ‘New calculations by the BBC, based on IMF data given to G20 finance ministers, shows these countries have spent a total of $10 trillion (£6tn). The UK [...]

Start feeding your news feeds

You’re on Twitter. You check Facebook several times a day. You make sure everyone in the newsroom Tweets their best work and follows and friends their sources. Just when you thought you had the whole Social Media thing down as a way to help promote your newsroom’s Web site, along comes the idea that there [...]

Time to put IPOs on your radar

You know the financial markets must be on the mend when analysts start mentioning IPOs with a straight face. IPOs – initial public offerings – mean that entrepreneurs and underwriters are confident that shares in a newly public company will get an appropriately lucrative reception from investors. They were all the buzz five or 10 [...]

Write and edit industry information in L.A.

Industry Intelligence Inc. is looking for a full-time online content writer and editor in Los Angeles, California.The writer/editor will author original content, edit online copy, tag information and handle online publication for the company’s Web site. The selected candidate will also gather information and data from media sources on the forest products, packaging and real [...]

Ask the hard questions

Fortune contributor David A. Kaplan’s profile of Charlie Rose offers a lively look at the interviewer. “At Table No. 1 at Michael’s, the best seats on the silly power-lunch circuit in Midtown Manhattan, Charlie Rose is holding forth in fabulousness. America’s tallest, handsomest, best-connected, most inquisitive, most talkative late-night TV interviewer is greeting media princess [...]

Getting creative with credit card stories

Oct. 1 marks the start of the fourth and final quarter of 2009, when consumer spending takes center stage. And much of that spending traditionally takes place on borrowed money. That makes this a good time to develop some fresh angles on the credit card scene. Since most households use charge cards and about half [...]

Break banking news in Nashville

The Nashville Business Journal is looking for a full-time banking reporter in Tennessee.The journalist will pen breaking news and features on banking and finance. His or her coverage will focus on current upheaval in the industries and the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The journalist will also attend industry events.Candidates should have previous experience working for [...]

Cover courts and business in Florida

The Daily Business Review is looking for a full-time reporter in Miami, Florida.The reporter will cover the business, political and ethical issues of the state court, writing a mixture of enterprise, investigative and analytic articles.Applicants should be skilled in cultivating sources, breaking new stories and finding and understanding legal documents.Candidates will be expected to be [...]