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Trouble with a story? We’ll help.
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Trouble with a story? We’ll help.

We want to help put business journalists together. In many newsrooms, there is no longer an older reporter, columnist or editor to turn to when you get stuck on a story. Turn to us and we’ll find help. We held a Daily Story-Idea Chat for several months and that worked pretty well, but ran its [...]

Be like a fly on the wall
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Be like a fly on the wall

Jennifer Reingold, senior writer for Fortune magazine, follows the connections between Procter & Gamble’s A.G. Lafley and Bob McDonald as the former hands the reins to the latter. Jennifer’s story offers great detail as she outlines the company’s succession planning, noting the “Talent Portfolio” – a “blue binder that would probably be worth millions on [...]

Bookstore stories worth a read
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Bookstore stories worth a read

Book buzz has been making national headlines lately, with cable newsers following Sarah Palin from store to store on her “Going Rogue” tour and discount book sellers engaging in take-no-prisoners price wars ahead of stocking-stuffer season. In fact, with bookshops comprising so much under-the-tree fodder, it’s not a bad time to check up on your [...]

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Covering government and business after the financial debacle

Produce a business news video in a day: Phoenix, March 18
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Produce a business news video in a day: Phoenix, March 18

The Particulars Instructor: Brian Snyder, TV-production specialist Location: Room 352, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Address: Arizona State University 555 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 When: 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. March 18 Free pre-SABEW workshop Register for this workshop. Hotels: The Hyatt Regency Phoenix offers a $150 rate Sheraton Phoenix [...]

Remember the ‘plastic cheese’
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Remember the ‘plastic cheese’

Rob Gifford of National Public Radio gives listeners a look at the cultural issues related to foreign bids to buy British chocolate maker Cadbury. Gifford starts his piece noting that Rolls Royce is now a German brand, and Americans own the Manchester United team. He says, “Hands off British chocolate!” Rob notes Cadbury’s almost 200-year [...]

Risk management firm wants editor in NYC
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Risk management firm wants editor in NYC

Control Risks, a risk management security firm wants an editor to work in New York. The job description includes: Edit proposals, reports and other documents for grammar, clarity and style. Ensure that documents can be understood by an educated non-specialist reader without compromising the integrity of technical writing. Revise documents written by non-English speakers as [...]

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Business journalist wanted in South Carolina

South Carolina publisher is looking for an experienced business journalist. Hard to tell exactly what the job is or what beat they are looking to cover, but the JournalismJobs.com write-up is worth a read. It includes: “If you’re not up for a rigorous interview process, including tests and questionnaires before you even talk to us, [...]

Atlanta searching for an investigative reporter
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Atlanta searching for an investigative reporter

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is looking for an experience investigative journalist. In the paper’s JournalismJobs.com listing, the job was described as: This investigative reporter is charged with developing and writing stories that hold our leaders accountable, focusing as often as possible on uncovering instances of government waste and/or abuse at the state, local and federal levels. [...]

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