Imagine telling an editor that it’s too confusing for you to have to keep track of people’s names and titles for your story. I know, you’re thinking that would never happen. Yet journalists do basically the same thing all the time when it comes to math and numbers. “It’s okay if you walk up to [...]
The Center for Public Integrity launched a new blog this week to monitor the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. And if the new initiative holds up to its mission statement, it’s definitely worth your time to follow its content. The blog is called Financial Reform Watch and it will be led by the CPI’s veteran business reporters Ben [...]
In response to a 2008 catastrophic spill in Kingston, Tenn., and subsequent cleanup that will send millions of tons of sludge to a dump in Uniontown, Ala., coal ash has made its way into the spotlight. The Environmental Protection Agency currently does not classify coal ash as a hazardous material and has left the storage of the country’s [...]
Chad Graham, social media editor at The Arizona Republic, oversees search engine optimization for azcentral.com, as well as the Phoenix media company’s use of Twitter, Facebook, blogs and other technology. He previously covered the workplace and economy for the Republic. He’s also worked at the Advocate magazine, Des Moines Register, Associated Press and Hollywood Reporter. [...]
The free, one-hour “Develop Business Angles on Any Beat” online seminar was originally held Sept. 14. This Webinar provides basic tips on business reporting and identifying business angles. “Develop Business Angles on Any Beat” shows journalists how to reframe stories for a business audience while on a variety of beats. YOUR INSTRUCTORS This Webinar was [...]
Associated Press marketing writer Emily Fredrix received a pitch about baby-carrot producers branding their veggies as a new junk food and thought, “Who cares?” she says. But then, she saw something different. “In this case, it was easy to see that carrots were unique in that there was no marketing push for the industry; their [...]
During our Covering the Green Economy conference in June, Russ Choma showed reporters how to dig through stimulus spending to find the money earmarked for green projects on their beats. Choma, an investigative journalist based in Washington, knows this topic well. He authored the series, “Blown Away: America’s billions for clean-energy jobs are flying overseas,” [...]
Winners of the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism were honored at the Newseum Tuesday. Jodi Brannon handed out checks and congratulations to the winners. | 2010 Knight-Batten Award Winners Jody Brannon is the National Director of the Carnegie-Knight News21 Initiative. She is also a professor of practice at the Cronkite School of Journalism and [...]
The Silicon Valley MercuryNews.com is reporting that Apple is close to announcing a new subscription plan for newspapers. The idea is that tablets like the iPad will eventually drive traffic and revenue to media companies that are struggling with declining print circulation and advertising revenue. Reporter John Boudreau said Apple did not respond to a [...]
