An assignment to any new beat is an overwhelming feeling, but few are more intimidating than covering business. First you’ve got all those numbers and unreachable executives. Add in the intricacies of pulling apart company filings and the job of understanding the foreign language of financials. (What exactly is a going concern warning? Where do [...]
Sure the veterans have solid tips to help you adapt to the business beat, but sometimes a reporter not far removed from the transition can better understand the stress of newbies on the business desk. So we tapped two top-notch reporters – from different coasts and coverage areas – who are still sinking their feet [...]
Something old … something new … something frugal. Getting hitched on the cheap – or cheaper, anyway – is one of the bridal trends for 2010, according to a variety of industry blogs and articles. And with bridal exposition season just getting into full swing, now is a great time to check with a variety [...]
Kimberly Miller of The Palm Beach Post writes about why the number of underwater mortgages has led to fewer loan modifications in Florida. She writes: “With 46 percent of mortgages in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties upside down in the third quarter of 2009, according to analysts at Zillow.com, [real estate attorney Rashmi] Airan-Pace [...]
Dayton Business Journal is looking for a fulltime staff business reporter. In the newspaper’s JournalismJobs.com job listing, the editors ask that candidates “have a passion for scooping the competition and be able to write clearly and concisely and meet tight deadlines.” For a taste of what they cover, headlines right now on the Dayton Business [...]
Market Overview Analyst A Nashville-based healthcare publishing company is looking for a “strong writer/reporter who is comfortable analyzing data and interviewing executives.” Market overview analysts produce reports on the healthcare markets of 75 metro areas. In the company’s JournalismJobs.com job listing says that an analysts “duties include researching, monitoring and reporting healthcare developments in major [...]
I love e-mail advertising and have become accustomed to the bounty of an inbox bulging with coupons and $5-off vouchers from merchants, tradesmen and utilitarian outlets like Discount Tire. But my dermatologist? This week’s tender missive from the skin doctor offered a “Valentine’s Day Special” — $50 off any Botox treatment to eliminate those unsightly [...]
Kristina Shevory writes a New York Times story about unemployed architects and designers shifting careers as jobs in the field drop. The lead of the story features John Morefield, a designer who set up a Peanuts cartoon-style booth at farmer’s markets in Seattle to offer advice for 5 cents. His story made the circuit last [...]
