The Society of American Business Editors & Writers launched a survey this week to gauge the average freelance business writer’s salary and identify the type of work they perform. The survey, which the organization plans to distribute annually, will allow SABEW to develop a database to determine how freelancers pay and work fluctuates over time. [...]
The Associated Press has openings for a markets editors and three reporters, one each covering investment banking, retailing and airlines. The latest postings on Poynter Career Center follow eight openings in June for business journalists at The AP. Among those hired this year are Pallavi Gogoi from AOL Daily Finance for banking; Sharon Carty on autos and Paul Wiseman on the [...]
Merry Halloween! If you thought it was safe to wait until next week to launch holiday consumerism coverage, think again. It’s Rudolph meets the Great Pumpkin this weekend as Sears kicks off its “Black Friday” promos a month early, in a sign of how desperate retailers are to prop up sales this season after two [...]
If I say the name, Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III, you know exactly whom I’m talking about. You’re likely picturing the widely circulated photo of him in his uniform, mustache front and center. But who’s this guy: Don’t feel bad if you can’t place the face. His name is Jeffrey Skiles, and he was the [...]
With a number of weighty issues on the table in November, it’s worth spending some time planning your coverage. Two issues – open enrollment in health care plans, and the unemployment insurance situation, will be of particular interest to readers, and are ripe for personal finance and consumer stories as well as policy piece. For [...]
By Flickr.com user Photos8.com Kara McGuire and Dan Browning of the Minneapolis Star Tribune spent about five months trying to get a suicide note written by Minnesota money manager Robert Markman. That 14-page note became the foundation for a posthumous profile showing his rise and fall. They write: “Unlike better-known Ponzi schemers such as Bernie [...]
The recording of a one-hour Webinar produced on Oct. 28 by the Radio Television Digital News Foundation on “Money Matters: Making Financial Reporting Shine” is available here. Two useful sites mentioned in the Webinar were these calendars that track upcoming releases of economic data and financial news: Barron’s Economic Calendar and Briefing.com’s calendar. NewsLab’s Deborah Potter hosted the Webinar, which focused [...]
Consumers with pent-up demand for lip fills, Botox and liposuction may be venturing back to the cosmetic surgeon these days, according to anecdotes in a Scripps News report earlier this week. The article says that after a downturn the past couple of years, elective procedures are on the rise. (For resources reporting the cosmetic surgery [...]
They’re not quite mom-and-pop shops, but they’re not large corporations either. Instead, franchises have attributes of both: Independent ownership with a large support network and a ready-made brand. During the economic downturn, the market for franchises has fluctuated. At the beginning of the recession, the franchise market in most areas received a layoff-related boost. When [...]
