Maya Payne Smart is a freelance writer who has written hundreds of articles for newspapers, magazines, and Web sites. Her 2009 clients include Black Enterprise, Black MBA, BusinessJournalism.org, CNNMoney.com, Essence and Heart & Soul. Smart serves on the board of governors of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and leads its entrepreneurial journalism [...]
Robin J. Phillips became the Reynolds Center’s Web managing editor in August 2009. She came to the Reynolds Center from azcentral.com, the website of The Arizona Republic, where she was online community manager and in charge of the newsroom’s social media presence. She had also served as deputy business editor at The Republic. Phillips spent [...]
The Wall Street Journal took a personal approach to the Goldman Sachs story by looking at homeowners who defaulted on their mortgages, helping hedge-fund manager John Paulson make $1 billion. Carrick Mollenkamp, Mark Whitehouse and Anton Troianovski write that those mortgages were pooled together into a “so-called collateralized debt obligation, or CDO,” which Goldman created [...]
Other than Earth Day, April was rather devoid of seasonal commerce pegs. Just hang on for four more days because May offers a packed slate for retail writers, small business journalists, biz feature writers, the business of sports, advertising, marketing beats and more. Mother’s Day is the biggie. The National Retail Federation is just out [...]
By Joe Grimm Some reporters pan for the nuggets on their beat. Others use maps to find the buried treasures. Joe Grimm, who writes the “Ask the Recruiter” column for Poynter.org, explains three styles of beat mapping. One maps relationships, one charts coverage plans and one details the insides of organizations or industries. Take a [...]
Whether you’re a newbie or a veteran at social networking, you can pick up pointers from this free, self-guided Webinar. The first hour targets those new to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The second hour will help you take social media to the next level. SOCIAL MEDIA 101: Your kids, your colleagues, the lady in the [...]
Who doesn’t love a newspaper battle? Well, at least newshounds love having options and competition. In New York City, the competition for business news readers is heating up. In what the Washington Post has dubbed the “free-for-all in Gotham,” the Wall Street Journal unveiled its New York edition this morning and the New York Times [...]
Post time is 6:15 p.m. Saturday for the 136th “Run for the Roses,” the globe’s most famous horse race. And aside from big hats, mint juleps and $2 bets, the Kentucky Derby is not a bad news peg for an update on your region’s live horse racing tracks and other equine facilities. Horse tracks in [...]
The Kansas City Star won a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for its series last year on human trafficking. The awards recognize work that focuses on human rights, social justice and the power of individual action in the United States and globally. The Star reporters spent six months and traveled the world, “from Guatemalan migrant shelters to the [...]
