The Wall Street Journal continues its series “The Road Back” looking at a company that purchased the names of defunct retailers and is bringing them back to life. In Web Breathes New Life Into Failed Retailers, staff reporter Miguel Bustillo writes: “The retail graveyard is filled with venerable names that were felled by the recession. [...]
Earlier this month the Federal Communications Commission launched its National Broadband Plan. Its mission is, in a nutshell, to equalize Internet access for all Americans. The ambitious plan has implications for a variety of businesses, from the telecom industry to technology innovators. There also are niche facets of the plan well worth a business take, [...]
If you want a shot at covering some of the hottest business topics, check out this job at The Business Journal in Fresno, Calif. The publication is seeking a reporter who can break daily news, spot trends and also develop stories into deeper enterprise packages. The person hired for this position will cover important industries, [...]
For journalists, social-networking sites can be used as a communication tool, a source for news stories, a breaking-news platform, another place to publish content and a way to grow audience. I made those points to a packed audience at SABEW 2010, business editors and reporters who use social media but wanted to understand how it [...]
With college seniors beginning the last lap before graduation, students and their parents will snap up a jobs package aimed at them. Many members of the Class of 2010 may have lined up employment already, at least for the summer. But with millions of seasoned veterans out of work, it’s a tough climate for beginners. [...]
CrainsNewYork.com won one of 13 SABEW Best of the Best in Business Awards Saturday for a three-minute video entitled, “The Making of a NY Dress.” The segment features Crain’s New York Business fashion reporter Adrianne Pasquarelli showing how designer Nanette Lepore makes 85 percent of her clothing line in New York. Today’s Tip: Take a cue from [...]
A photojournalist build her business by aiming at sites that can’t afford the wires. Nieman Journalism Lab posted this piece about Lauren Victoria Burke whose “strategy for success in the world of political photography is simple: undercut the Associated Press.” I usually just pass along links to posts from Nieman (a site you should all [...]
Former Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie Jr. said in the final keynote speech of the SABEW Conference that nonprofit news organizations need help to fill the gap left by the downsizing of traditional media organizations. As noted in his recently published report on the reconstruction of American journalism, co-authored with Michael Schudson of the Columbia Graduate [...]
California taxpayers’ eyes got wide when they read the lede to Brian Joseph’s investigative piece, “How Lawmakers Turned a Perk into a Profit” in the Orange County Register. It highlighted what was essentially lawmakers taking extra pay for doing nothing extra. Sadly, there was no shock in reading that California lawmakers were profiting from loop [...]
