If you want to cover the business behind the glitz and glamour of tourism in New Jersey, a job at the Press of Atlantic City might be the perfect fit. The family-owned paper is looking for a reporter to cover the tourism economy, including casinos, resort hotels and the shore, according to a job posting [...]
Jesse Drucker of Bloomberg News reports that U.S. companies are avoiding $60 billion a year in taxes through a complicated technique known as transfer pricing. Those unpaid taxes “could pay the federal government’s share of health coverage for more than 10 million uninsured Americans,” he writes. To explain how transfer pricing works, he tracks the $99 purchase of Lexapro, [...]
As Memorial Day looms, take a break from the usual business fodder about flag manufacturers and hot-dog bun sales and consider a business and personal finance package about special programs that aim to aid military members. It’s a timely story; just last week, Michelle Obama urged more support and aid for military families. Youth, financial [...]
Walt Bogdanich, assistant investigative editor at The New York Times and three-time Pulitzer winner, is the winner of the 2010 Gerald Loeb Award for Lifetime Achievement from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Alix Freedman, deputy managing editor at The Wall Street Journal, will receive its Lawrence Minard Editor Award. Named in memory of Laury Minard, founding [...]
The Chicago Tribune says it is “expanding its watchdog staff,” in an ad on Poynter.org. The ad doesn’t specifically mention business reporting. “We are seeking rigorous and creative diggers at different points in their careers, from those who have just a few years experience to those with fat clip files,” it says. “Our daily mission: [...]
Kai Ryssdal, host of American Public Media’s Marketplace, has witnessed the financial crisis from its infancy. While monitoring the U.S. and global economies in his five years as Marketplace’s host, Ryssdal saw the evidence of interconnected market failure and the need for a deeper understanding of international finances. He watched the intricacies of financial systems [...]
University of Arizona journalism professor David Cuillier offers advice on how to unlock the power of public records. In this video, he provided tips at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication as part of a 45-day tour of the United States called Access Across America. The 2010 training tour is funded by [...]
Fred Schulte, Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund write that foreclosures aren’t just hitting people with hefty mortgage payments, but also those who can’t pay municipal bills that are often less than $500. The team tracks the story of Baltimore homeowner Vicki Valentine whose $362 water bill ballooned to more [...]
BY MEGAN THOMAS This trip has been a whirlwind of new people and experiences, and two notable people we had the opportunity to meet were Bloomberg News Bureau Chief Jon Liu and Thomson Reuters North Asia Editor Phil Smith. Both provided an insider’s perspective of what it’s really like to practice journalism and China. Some [...]
