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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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. [...]
