Santa isn’t the only one loading up his sleigh this week. Shippers are scurrying to deliver merchandise, food, mail and all of the other necessities that give the coming days their special flourish for so many consumers – and our readers. I’d guess this week might be a bit more harried than usual, with weather-related [...]
The New York Post has a display of 50 sensational (what else?) front pages from the last 10 years. They are asking readers to take a look and vote for the 10 top front pages of the decade. Wow. Take a look. It is pretty interesting that business stories play such a big part in [...]
Hard Rock Cafe is looking for a PR person for is hotel and casino division .. someone to work the first shift in Orlando, Fla. In its job listing, Hard Rock says the Public Relations Manager “serves as the brand spokesperson and will be responsible for the development, direction, and implementation of all public relations [...]
As part of a poll of unemployed workers, The New York Times requested videos from respondents and posted them on its Web site. The 10 videos allow people to speak in their own unedited words. Today’s Tip: Solicit videos to give your audience the full impact of what your sources said. The Tennessean in Nashville [...]
The News-Leader Media Group in Springfield, Mo., is looking for an experienced reporter for enterprise business coverage. They need someone who can write for both print and the Web. In the paper’s JournalismJobs.org job listing, they ask for “a reporter to primarily follow the regional health care industry and explain to local readers the impact [...]
Reports of the death of the federal subsidy of COBRA-continuation premiums may have been greatly exaggerated. In what will undoubtedly come as a monumental relief to many of your readers, the House on Wednesday approved a bill that includes an extension of the COBRA subsidy from nine months to 15 months. The legislation, part of [...]
David Abel of The Boston Globe found a new outlet for the needy in the wired world: digital panhandling. He quotes Neil J. Donovan, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless in Washington: “So in a bad economy, when you combine reduced giving through typical panhandling with computer training for homeless jobseekers, it’s [...]
By this point in December there are two kinds of people in the world: Those who look at the calendar today and think “Only one week to go!” and those who look at the calendar today and think “Only one week to go!” It’s the inflection – Rudolph or Ebenezer – that distinguishes the two [...]
Patrick Lakamp of The Buffalo News tracked how his city doles out federal money for economic development and urban renewal. He found that one district of the city – where the mayor was formerly its councilman – received 71 percent of grants since 2006. One barbershop in the district received more than $100,000 – and [...]
