Slate has pulled the plug on The Big Money, Slate Group pulls the plug on The Big Money From a memo by Jacob Weisberg, chairman and editor-in-chief of the Slate Group, and John Alderman, general manager of the Slate Group and publisher of Slate, about The Big Money’s demise:: “The problem, in a nutshell, is [...]
Ad agencies and financial marketing firms are keeping a close eye on how the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is going to define “abusive” advertising practices or what it will say about how much information must be included in ads. As AdAge.com reports today It is unclear what the fallout of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street [...]
We’re coming to the tail end of the busiest residential moving season of the year, and it’s a fine time to get to know your local van lines. Moving companies are fonts of data that you can use as local economic indicators and context for jobs and housing stories. The major companies like United Van [...]
Visuals are everyone’s job these days. “Take Compelling Business News Photos” taught journalists how to shoot business-news photos, feel at ease behind the camera and enhance their ability to work with photojournalists. Attendees were trained on the basics of photo composition before leading and critiquing a photo assignment. The session was held during the 2010 [...]
Carlos Chavez, deputy photo editor at The Arizona Republic, has 15 years of experience as a photojournalist. He has worked at the Los Angeles Times, the Fresno Bee and The Desert Sun, and he has produced several multimedia projects in Avid and Final Cut alongside reporters and photographers. Chavez oversees photos for 21 community zones [...]
This hands-on session taught journalists how to record and produce a business news podcast. “Produce a Business News Podcast” participants visited a local business, recorded audio and edited sound clips to create a polished story. The training was held during the 2010 Society of American Business Editors & Writers conference in Phoenix. YOUR INSTRUCTOR This session was [...]
Mark Moran is the news director for KJZZ, Phoenix’s public radio station. He began his radio career in Alaska, reporting on the environment, state and local government and a host of other issues, including the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. From Alaska, he went to Iowa to cover politics, including the Iowa Caucuses. [...]
Two technology publications — Computerworld and SC Magazine — were named trade Magazines of the Year in a contest sponsored by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). Its release states: “Computerworld beat out nine other finalists to win the prestigious award. Judges selected the magazine as the winner in the over-$2-million-in-revenues category due [...]
We knew the 2,319-page “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” would contain some interesting surprises once all the legal lingo was parsed. Well, the president’s signature was barely dry on the financial regulatory reform signed into law last week when a new stir erupted. Fox Business pronounced yesterday that the Securities and Exchange [...]
