Big banks, with their billions in TARP funds, millions in executive bonuses and other eye-popping statistics, have hogged much of the spotlight this year. But an FDIC/Census Bureau report out earlier this month – which noted that a good 25 percent of Americans are either unbanked or are underserved by traditional banking institutions, provides fodder [...]
Patricia Decker and Robert Porterfield of the SF Public Press write about the costs of the east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The “Unparalleled bridge, unprecedented cost” story in the project says: “Although today’s price tag stands at $6.3 billion, the figure accounts for only salaries and materials — things like concrete and [...]
Vincent Mallozzi of The New York Times writes about “stooper” Jesus Leonardo, who lives off discarded winning thoroughbred-racing tickets picked up at an off-track betting parlor. This “Secretariat of stoopers” says he has collected nearly half a million dollars in winnings in the past 10 years. This front-page story does a great job of putting [...]
Even for contrarians who relish a bit of bleak news, 2009 has been quite the biz-beat downer. Yes, the stock markets regained a pulse and the recession was declared finis, but we’ve basically been dominated by doom-and-gloom reports about jobs, real estate, corporate bankruptcy and financial malaise. With little more than two weeks left in [...]
The Particulars Instructor: Melissa Preddy, veteran financial writer Location: Online Date: May 10-14 Noon or 4 p.m. EST Registration for this Webinar is now closed. This free workshop, ‘Show them the Money! Finding personal finance angles on any beat,” will give you tips and resources for adding consumer interest to your business and finance stories. [...]
A gracious-living message board I frequent has several threads devoted to the art of worming out of holiday gift exchanges with family and friends. Right next to those rants is a four-page discussion of what everyone’s pet will find waiting under the tree. Forget rawhide bones and 69-cent catnip mice – humans might have to [...]
PBS’s “The News Hour with Jim Lehrer” won an Emmy award this week for Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast. The segment, with correspondent Paul Solman, focuses on Elkhart, Ind., which had an 18 percent unemployment rate following the closure of RV-maker Monaco. The nearly 10-minute segment, called [...]
If you’re an artist with a passion for investing and personal finance, check out this unique opportunity at The Associated Press. The AP seeks a talented and experienced long-term temporary artist for its Money & Markets, a graphics-rich investing and personal finance product used to inform readers about markets news and trends and help them [...]
If you have an affinity for the inner-workings of the kiosk industry, this job has your name all over it. KioskMarketplace.com, a leading source of online news and information for the self-service industry, is looking for an editor to help revolutionize and upgrade the site’s content. They want a journalist (preferable someone with a background [...]
