In CJR today, Elizabeth Dwoskin tells the tale of watching one of her stories go viral. This is the CJR piece: Watching My Story Go Viral in Twenty-Four Hours: How Debrahlee Lorenzana became the banker heard ‘round the world This is her story: Is This Woman Too Hot To Be a Banker? You will remember [...]
Freelancer Don Jacobson takes the news of Barnes & Noble’s putting itself up for sale beyond who might buy it to who’ll likely feel the sting. He writes in the Minneapolis StarTribune: “News last week that giant book retailer Barnes & Noble is putting itself up for sale sent tremors through a commercial real estate [...]
Average rates on a 30-year, fixed mortgage fell to another astounding low last week – 4.44 percent, according to this release from Freddie Mac. That’s the lowest rate since records began in 1971 and down from 5.29 percent a year ago. The low number is a good peg for a check on real estate sales [...]
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On Wednesday, the Obama Administration announced that it will provide another $3 billion in aid for unemployed homeowners in 17 states and Washington, D.C. who are struggling to keep up with mortgage payments. The money, which is coming from a combination of TARP bailout money and a new program led by the Department of Housing [...]
Jason Margolis of PRI’s “The World” radio program won a first-place award from the Society of Environmental Journalists for his segment on green commercial buildings. In announcing his winning entry for Outstanding Beat/In-Depth Reporting, Radio, SEJ said, “This piece stood head and shoulders above the competition for the reporter’s skill in taking a simple and [...]
The free, weeklong “How to be an Entrepreneur as a Business Journalist” online seminar was originally held Aug. 9-13. This Webinar covers legal and accounting issues, logistical resources, real-world tips and branding techniques. “How to be an Entrepreneur as a Business Journalist” shows journalists how to use their skills outside mainstream media, set up a [...]
Clark Hoyt, who ended his three-year term as public editor for The New York Times in June, is consulting with Bloomberg News as it expands its Washington coverage. Hoyt, 67, who has 22 years of Washington experience including a Pulitzer Prize in 1973, said he is advising Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief Matt Winkler in an open-ended [...]
Let me review my social media journalist checklist here. Become my own videographer? Check. ✓ Blog often? Check. ✓ “Tweet” 5-6 headlines per day? Check. ✓ Give Laredo’s business community a chance to interact through online channels? Check. ✓ So I followed my list. Then everyone in the business world will want to get involved, [...]
