On our second day in China, we spent a majority of the time talking with students and faculty at Tsinghua University, as well as in lectures with Xu Wu and Andrew Leckey. We met students from Russia, Poland, Australia and America, as well as many other countries, and had the opportunity to learn about their [...]
Two upcoming sessions will offer training in how to cover prices — food and gas: The first session on tracking the ups and downs in gas prices is a SABEW teletraining call on May 23 moderated by Chris Kahn, energy writer for The Associated Press. Others on the call will be James Coan, research associate for [...]
Colin Tetreault holds a Master of Arts from Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability and is a sustainability consultant and expert to numerous organizations. Recently, I was asked to be the emcee for the convocation ceremony for Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability. Clearly the benefactor of the school’s generosity (and their lack of knowing [...]
With Medicare reform front and center as Congress wrestles with the federal budget, health care insurance and expenses are once again in the spotlight. And while the larger issues won’t be resolved for some time, a handful of new reports and developments can provide the basis for stories about various facets of health care coverage [...]
During my Bloomberg days on the GA desk, stock drops meant finding someone who could tell us why. But when oil dropped by 10 percent last week, there was no clear-cut answer. So Joshua Schneyer at Reuters went on a hunt.
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists is offering 10 scholarships to its San Francisco session on June 22. The seminar will give journalists a chance to enhance their knowledge of business and economics through sessions with Wharton’s top faculty. The daylong training will focus on topics that include the economy, entrepreneurial marketing and venture capitalism [...]
RTDNA is offering a free, hourlong Webinar on May 25 called, “YouTube for Journalists — Finding Newsworthy Video Online.”
Here’s a list of key terms and lingo to help you navigate airline stories: Available Seat Miles – a measure of capacity on a plane or train. Calculated by multiplying the number of seats by miles traveled. Bank – group of flights scheduled to leave a hub (see below) airport at about the same times [...]
As the housing industry continues to weigh the economic recovery, experts anticipate its remodeling sector will buck the trend and takeoff this year as homeowners start spending on upgrades and renovations. Business reporters can gauge how their local remodeling market is recovering by turning to three key industry indices, finding the right industry experts, and [...]
