Lisa Getter, co-publisher of Bank Safety & Soundness Advisor, is looking for a banking reporter who understands the following terms: CAMELS ratings, Call Reports and consent orders. The newsletter, based in Gaithersburg, Md., is directed at bank executives, she says, and its mission is “helping financial institutions thrive in the shifting regulatory environment,” according to its [...]
Some provisions of this year’s health care reform kick in Sept. 23, and they’re just the first of many business and consumer angles that are ripe for the picking. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law earlier this year, is generally touted in terms of making health insurance more available to people [...]
Ariella Cohen, co-founder and staff reporter at the nonprofit New Orleans news site, The Lens, found that far more of the tax-exempt bonds issued to rebuild Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina went to the oil industry than to hard-hit areas in New Orleans. In a piece for Newsweek marking the fifth anniversary of the storm, she [...]
Nieman Journalism Lab recently launched an iPhone app they say is “the best way to stay up-to-the-minute on the future of journalism. It’s free and available now in the App Store.” I’d review it for you, but I’ve got an Android, an HTC Incredible in fact. Nieman Lab decided to go with the iPhone for [...]
The national holiday which celebrates the American worker is a natural news peg for business writers, especially with the ailing jobs market a top-of-mind topic amid our stumbling economic recovery. And as the unofficial end to summer, the first Monday in September is a milestone for the travel industry, for purveyors of back-to-school goods, movie [...]
Annie Lowrey of the Washington Independent found a strong correlation between unemployment and suicide. Her story says the rate of suicide among unemployed people is two or three times the national average. The longer the unemployment lasts, the more likely the person will commit suicide. The article leads with a homeless man’s posting on an [...]
You may have heard today that USA Today is making the most dramatic overhaul of its staff in its 28-year history, de-emphasizing print and accentuating USA Today on mobile devices. “This gets us ready for our next quarter century,” USA Today Publisher Dave Hunke told The Associated Press. The changes mean 130 layoffs this fall [...]
Here is a situation that a business reporter could face. A friend wants me to write a “positive” story about a major new business venture in town. He knows that I am with the community newspaper and his friends will see the story. In return, this friend will provide me with information that could turn [...]
Craig Silverman brings his wit and wisdom about journalistic errors to BusinessJournalism.org starting Sept. 3. The editor of Regret the Error, Silverman will write an every-other-week column focusing on common errors in business journalism and tricks to avoid them. Silverman has an overwhelming amount of experience in media, beginning his studies at Concordia University in [...]
