Mike Hughlett of the Minneapolis Star Tribune takes readers into one of Cargill Inc.’s meat plants to show what efforts the company takes to prevent E.Coli outbreaks. His story starts: “Amid the cattle carcasses zipping down the dis-assembly line and the herd of workers wielding the sharpest of knives, there’s a war going on each [...]
What do you do when you need to research a topic and you don’t have access to the proprietary LexisNexis news-articles database? That question came up recently on an IRE listserv, and here are some of the answers. “NewsBank’s NewsLibrary is reasonably priced for newspaper-article searches,” says Merrie Monteagudo from News Research and Archives at [...]
The San Diego Union-Tribune is searching for a real estate reporter. According to this job posting, the applicant must have visual skills, be web savvy and have the chops to cover issues both in a daily blog and through in-depth enterprise. Social media skills are essential and the candidate must “understand the key housing data, [...]
The Wall Street Journal has hired another Pulitzer winner, according to a staff memo from bureau chief Jennifer Forsyth, which was posted on Talking Biz News. Daniel Gilbert, most recently a staff writer at the Bristol Herald Courier and winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, will join the publication’s oil coverage team. His [...]
“Nationally, there’s no contest now,” Wall Street Journal’s editor, Robert Thomson, told the Associated Press. ”We’re more than twice as big as The New York Times. They’re not a serious competitor.” Those fightin’ words came during a recent interview with AP about WSJ’s new weekend edition, which launches on Saturday. The he had a few to [...]
As business journalists we report and write often about the larger economy and the fortunes of companies and industries. But nothing beats the human interest stories behind the numbers, and if you haven’t tackled a personal finance or household money story lately, you might want to give it a shot. Your story could take on [...]
Ronnie Greene of the Miami Herald delves into the environmental contamination that’s pitting a small town with third-generation landowners against defense contractor Lockheed Martin. The series won the Sidney Hillman Foundation award in August. After the two-part series ran, Lockheed Martin announced a tentative settlement with residents. The series is based mainly on the [...]
The Houston Business Journal is seeking a strong editor to oversee the publication’s print and online content, according to this posting from JournalismJobs.com. The candidate should be an innovative leader with “a burning desire to take Houston’s 24/7 business news and information channel to the next level.” The publication also wants a manager with high [...]
In more depressing news for desperate home sellers, Fannie Mae just released survey results indicating that rentership is growing in favor among Americans, while the percentage of people saying they consider housing a safe investment continues to decline. Here’s the Fannie Mae release and here’s a WSJ article that helps to put it in perspective. [...]
