Laura Mahoney of the Bureau of National Affairs’ Daily Tax Report spent more than a year reporting to confirm that:
“Taxpayers with complex tax-dispute cases before the California State Board of Equalization were more likely to win their cases if they or their representatives made campaign contributions to the elected board members.”
One of the big problems when trying to “sell” social media to journalists and managers used to be that it was hard to determine the actual impact of the work. Plenty of tools now exist for checking how well you’re engaging, and managers and time-strapped journalists should be looking critically at their investment in social [...]
The perennial heat story rivals the perennial spring gas-price-hike story in terms of difficulty finding a fresh angle. But when it’s forecast to hit 100 in Detroit and points north, there’s a story in there somewhere. The scorching temperatures gripping much of the country — and in some areas for such a long [...]
The weeklong Webinar, “Unlocking Financial Statements,” was held July 18-22, 2011. | At the bottom of this page, you’ll find links to complete the self-guided training. This Webinar was also held July 2010. YOUR INSTRUCTOR The Webinar is led by James Gentry, a professor and former dean at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications [...]
As part of the Washington Post’s “Breakaway Wealth” series looking at income disparities, Peter Whoriskey researched how executives used to live compared to today.
While the rest of the world was making merry or hanging over from the late-night binges last winter holidays, Bloomberg News education editor Jonathan Kaufman and his team of reporters, Daniel Golden, John Hechinger and John Lauerman were frantically punching away at their keyboards to put together the last stories of their investigative series, Education [...]
As I write this a few miles north of Ann Arbor, Mich., the shudders from that university town are nearly palpable; those of us who can recall browsing and buying — often more than was prudent on a college student’s budget — at the original Borders bookstore on State Street are wondering how on earth it’s come to this: Borders on Monday asked a bankruptcy judge to let it cease operations and liquidate itself.
The quintessential story in Forbes magazine for the past four decades includes some attitude and presents a contrarian point of view to the conventional wisdom about a company. Using that formula, former Forbes managing editor Stewart Pinkerton presents a behind-the-scenes look at how the magazine thrived during the first two generations of ownership by the [...]
Remember all those math teachers who pushed you to show your work? That’s what came to my mind after I spoke with Michelle Jarboe at The Plain Dealer about her comprehensive reporting on the record number of Cleveland development projects.
