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Archive for December, 2011
Many truck drivers already bracing for hand-held cell phone ban
Journalists: Don’t forget to get input from truck drivers while you’re reporting the NTSB suggestions for banning cellphones.
How does increased immigration scrutiny impact businesses?
News that the Supreme Court will review Arizona’s tough illegal-immigration law - along with ongoing legal challenges to Alabama’s aggressive anti-illegal immigration law - have brought this topic to the fore again. It’s a hot button federal, state and local governance issue and a poignant human interest story – but also one that has a lot of [...]
Finding stories in rising commodity prices and conservation contracts
Josephine Marcotty of the Star Tribune set out to do a story about agricultural practices to see how farmers tilled their land. But the lack of data made it difficult to find trends. “No one’s tracking how they’re plowing the land,” Josephine said. Then she came across data showing that many contracts with the federal [...]
New report highlights pay and benefits by industry
If there’s one thing a few years on the personal finance beat showed me, it’s that people never tire of hearing about what others’ income. It’s human nature to compare one’s own earning power with others – and thanks to a couple of news headlines this week, wages are top of mind anyway. As you [...]
The power of writing business stories packed with emotion
Mandy Locke at The News & Observer gives readers a glimpse into the battle between WakeMed and Rex Healthcare, the area’s largest hospitals. She starts the story with a casual office meeting between golf buddies. After providing some market details about hospitals having to decide “whether they’d be predator or prey,” she returns to the [...]
Five reasons business journalists should check out Twitter’s revamp
Twitter revamped itself once again last week, and the changes make it easier than ever for journalists to follow trends, track conversations and connect with sources and businesses.
Protected: Quick-Hit Business Investigations – Concept to Execution: Self-guided training materials
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