Drug enforcement choppers for Operation Hemp spotted 500 marijuana plants yesterday in a rural Michigan community right near me. Of course, that’s chump change compared to the 300,000 pot plants authorities have snuffed out this month in California’s Shasta County, where lawbreakers have been putting state park land to interesting agricultural uses. Still, the notion [...]
Jennifer Dixon of the Detroit Free Press dug through evidence collected as part of a federal investigation of city corruption to see how much Synagro Technologies executives knew about the bribery used to sway politicians into voting for a $1.2-billion contract for sludge disposal. The story relies on wiretapping evidence to eliminate the “he said, she [...]
The SABEW Fall Conference Oct. 1-2 in New York includes a daylong video-production workshop presented by the Reynolds Center, plus two of the most outspoken business journalists on Wall Street: Bloomberg News’ Jonathan Weil and the Fox News Channel’s Charlie Gasparino. Other speakers at the “Economy in Recovery Conference” at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism include [...]
James Gentry, a professor and former dean at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. Gentry is nationally known for his ability to turn complicated financial and accounting information into understandable language for corporate communicators and journalists. Over the past 25 years, he has taught thousands of communicators and journalists [...]
Not too many years ago, banks would just about write you a mortgage on the strength of your scratch-off lottery ticket winnings. Not so much anymore. Gone are the days when lenders would predicate decisions on volatile borrower income streams like overtime, child support and commissions. Nor will they toss in extra cash for remodeling [...]
Corey Pein of the Santa Fe Reporter set out to find the wealthiest among Santa Fe residents using “property records, nonprofit tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service, philanthropic donor lists, Securities and Exchange Commission filings, private aircraft registrations with the Federal Aviation Administration, political campaign donors through the Federal Election Commission, court records [...]
For the last few months, oil spill developments have come at a rapid-fire pace. Every day there’s a new consequence, success or tragedy backed by data sheets, anecdotes and pictures. There are tweets and blogs and ever-changing headlines. To add to the pressure, journalists have their own daily coverage to worry about -beats that might or [...]
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism has teamed up with Investigative Reporters and Editors to train business journalists in computer-assisted reporting (CAR). The free, daylong workshops called, “Be a Better Business Watchdog — CAR for Business Journalists,” will be in Atlanta on Oct. 11 and Milwaukee on Nov. 9. To sign up, click [...]
The Particulars Instructor: Jaimi Dowdell, training director for IRE Location: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Technical Training Room B/519 (Fifth floor) 223 Perimeter Center Parkway Atlanta, GA 30346-1301 When: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 11 Hotels: Westin Perimeter Please call Prentis Vanduvall at 770-280-9860 La Quinta Please call Katie Garofalo 770-350-6177 ext. 6 For both hotels, rooms [...]
