Comments on: Trouble with a story? We’ll help.

By: Daily story-idea chat : BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center for Business Journalism

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:14:54 +0000

[...] We will continue to hold chats during seminars or focused on specific themes. You might also want to just check out what we talked about in these early chats. If you have questions about covering stories, please call Linda Austin. Details are in this post: Trouble with a story? [...]

By: Linda Austin

Linda Austin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:07:03 +0000

Great, Peter. Please let me know if you hit any roadblocks.

By: Peter Strozniak

Peter Strozniak — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:26:19 +0000

Thanks, Linda. This should be a good start.

By: Linda Austin

Linda Austin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:32:50 +0000

Hi, Peter. One big question is how successful the Obama administration’s efforts to get community banks to lend more to small businesses are going to be. Earlier this month, he proposed $30 billion in assistance to community banks to spur such lending: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-02/obama-to-outline-30-billion-in-small-bank-assistance-from-tarp.html
NPR did a good piece looking at whether a single bakery that had taken a beating in the recession would be helped by these efforts: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123311911
You could do something similar in your town. Does this help?

By: Peter Strozniak

Peter Strozniak — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:19:26 +0000

Need help in developing story ideas about how small companies are dealing with financial issues or trends, banking issues and trends, or if there are any story ideas about how banks are working with small companies to help them get through this tough economy. All ideas, suggestions are welcome. Thank you in advance for all of your help and consideration.