The economy is arguably the biggest story on the planet. But perhaps you missed Economics 101 when you were in school or would like to brush up on your understanding of basic economic principles. In this free Webinar June 26-28, Marilyn Geewax, senior business editor for NPR’s National Desk, will demystify economics for business journalists.
Terri Langford of the Houston Chronicle found that private ambulances in Houston’s home county billed Medicare $62 million in 2009 versus $7 million billed by those in New York City. That detail was included in a two-part series looking at how easy access to Medicare dollars led to a boom in the private ambulance industry.
Sometimes an eye-catching story might not, at first, appear to have a local angle — but it’s such a talker that you’ve just got to find a connection.
That was my reaction to the New York Times story Thursday about the arrests of former railroad workers in a suspected $1 billion disability-fraud case.
Private companies can be frustrating to cover. They aren’t required to publicly report their revenues and profits, and they may feel less obligated to return a reporter’s phone call than their publicly traded counterparts.Yet, there are many more private companies than public ones, and they are often among the largest or most interesting businesses in town. Arm yourself with the knowledge and tools to find public information on private companies and to tell their stories better by attending a free Reynolds Center workshop – Cracking Private Companies – on Jan. 5 in Phoenix.
Terri Langford at the Houston Chronicle produced a two-part series looking at how easy access to Medicare dollars led to a booming ambulance industry in Houston’s Harris County. With 397 ambulance companies, it has more than 10 times the number of companies in Dallas County and in San Antonio’s Bexar County. Those Harris County companies operate 1,000 ambulances, grossly outnumbering the 100 ambulances operated by the Houston Fire Department, she found.
The recent decision by the Obama administration to abandon the long-term-care provision in health-care reform puts a renewed spotlight on the problem of how to pay for the vastly expensive assisted-living or nursing-home care that many older Americans will require.
The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Visiting Business Journalism Professor’s Program is seeking applications for the Spring 2013 semester. Three accredited journalism schools in the U.S. will be selected to receive a visiting professor to teach business journalism coursework during a semester in residence. The four inaugural schools in the Visiting Professors Program welcomed the first [...]
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is offering fellowships worth $2,000 for four days of intensive study in how to teach an undergraduate course in business journalism Jan. 2-5, 2012, in Phoenix.
Limited to 12 prospective professors, the sixth annual “Business Journalism Professors Seminar” will take place during Reynolds Business Journalism Week at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is offering fellowships worth $2,000 for four days of intensive study in financials and accounting Jan. 2-5, 2012, in Phoenix.
Limited to 12 professional journalists with at least two years of business journalism experience, the fourth annual “Strictly Financials Seminar” will take place during Reynolds Business Journalism Week at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
