As the financial meltdown unfolded, the business desk of the Richmond Times-Dispatch did something unique: it grew. In today’s paper, business editor John Hoke writes about commitment to economic coverage. In the last year, the biz staff has grown to 10. Key changes include assigning Peter Bacqué to cover transportation and energy issues, including electric [...]
If you’re an expert on pensions and investments, check out this reporting position with Crain Communications. The beat includes coverage of contribution plans like 401(k)s and their service providers. You must have solid reporting skills, experience in business reporting and the ability to break news. The job could involve travel. Here’s a little information about [...]
Great blog post in The Washington Post this weekend. … and it had the perfect lead: ‘I have had a vision of the future: We all work for ourselves, answerable to no one but Google.’ Tom Shroder, former editor of The Washington Post magazine, talks about life after taking the buyout. ‘After a lifetime of [...]
Whether givers are motivated by a kind heart or the prospect of a hefty deduction on Line 19 of the Schedule A, the next two months generally are prime time for donations to nonprofits. Toss in a lousy economy, doleful consumer sentiment, increased scrutiny of corporate spending and an exponential growth in the number of [...]
Richard Karpel has been selected as the next executive director of the American Society of News Editors. Karpel, 50, has been in association management for more than 20 years, since 1995 as executive director of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Karpel will join ASNE on Dec. 1 and assume responsibilities of the executive director in [...]
A former States News Service correspondent and National Journal blogger has been hired to help Facebook pave the way in Washington. Andrew Noyes, 29, has most recently blogged for National Journal’s CongressDaily on ‘Politics And Policy in The Wired World” and contributed a number of articles to National Journal. His bio gives more details of [...]
Jim Steele talks about why investigative business journalism is vital in newsrooms. Steele and fellow journalist, Don Barlett, are one of the most widely acclaimed investigative reporting teams in American journalism.
Welcome to our new Reynolds Center website. If you are a regular visitor to BusinessJournalism.org, you’ll notice a big difference in look and feel. All of stories, tips, information is still here, but this design allows us to be more nimble, more interactive, and better able to offer multi-media workshops and stories. We have worked [...]
Binyamin Appelbaum of The Washington Post writes about the fallout of bank failures in Charlotte, N.C., as part of the paper’s Consequences of the Crisis series. Binyamin’s story uses details to paint pictures of how Charlotte has changed. For example, he uses numbers to illustrate the economic impact banking had on the city: At the peak of the [...]
