Alejandra Cancino of the Chicago Tribune continues the paper’s look at the state’s 10-year-old Economic Development for a Growing Economy program (EDGE) by reporting that the program has retained more jobs – 22,610 – than it has created – 5,709.
I’m increasing drawn to financial stories that concern agriculture, horticulture, rural industries and other enterprise that take place outside of the urban and suburban milieus we commonly think of as business hubs. If you’ve never checked out, for example, the websites of the USDA, your state extension service, your state’s ag and natural resources departments, you might be surprised at the economic information you can glean from those organizations.
It’s the holiday season, so brace yourself for downright useless numbers such as those. Business writers are often stuck with writing about these things, so if you can’t get out of doing it, take some time, look around, and tear those lists apart.
On Dec. 1, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ 17th annual Best in Business Awards Competition will open. That’s more than a month earlier than it did last year.
The free workshop, “Digital Efficiency for Business Journalists — 36 Tips to Tame Info Overload,” was originally held at City University New York (CUNY) on Oct. 13. This afternoon training was hosted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW), and preceded their annual Fall Conference.
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism has selected 36 fellows – 20 journalists and 16 professors – for four days of intensive study in business journalism.
The fellows will attend separate, all-expenses-paid seminars Jan. 2-5 at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix. Journalists in the Strictly Financials Seminar learn how to dissect financial statements and SEC documents. Prospective business journalism professors receive training in how to teach a university-level course in business journalism.
Kenneth Gosselin takes Hartford Courant readers to 56 Vernon St. to watch as construction workers stack and weld six steel shipping containers into a two-family home.
Trying to figure out how unusual this is, he was surprised to learn that there’s even an association – the Intermodal Steel Building Units Association – that tracks such construction.
Welcome to the first 2011 edition of Festive Friday, our weekly compendium of ideas for covering the consumer and financial angles of the final holiday-packed six weeks of the year.
Duff Wilson of The New York Times finds Pfizer isn’t going down without a fight as its patent for Lipitor expires Dec 1. Duff writes that the maker of the blockbuster cholesterol drug has been seeking deals among pharmacists to block generic prescriptions.
