The Reynolds Center, created through generous grants from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation of Las Vegas and operated by ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is dedicated to improving the quality of business and economics coverage through training programs for business reporters and editors.
By Amy Wilson LEXINGTON, Ky. — The principles of covering business can also be applied to government, said John Cheves, investigative reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader. At a workshop presented by the Reynolds Center, he shared some of the proven tips for uncovering good stores in local government budgets, taxes and contracts: Budgets: Follow the money. [...]
By Amy Wilson LEXINGTON, Ky. — Carlie Kollath, business reporter for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, writes a terrifically successful business blog in Tupelo, Miss. Biz Buzz, among other smart things, makes quick note of any sign of impending business activity and follows it in photographs. How successful? A Buffalo Wild Wings was coming to [...]
The free workshop, “Uncovering the Best Local Business Stories,” was first held at the University of Kentucky’s Institute for Rural Journalism on April 13, 2012.
Below are Kentucky-specific materials and resources provided during the free training.
The free workshop, “Uncovering the Best Local Business Stories,” was originally held at the University of Kentucky’s Institute for Rural Journalism on April 13, 2012, and at Texas Christian University’s Texas Center for Community Journalism on April 26, 2012.
The free webinar, “Unlocking Financial Statements,” takes place May 14-18 at noon and 4 p.m. ET. Jimmy Gentry, award-winning professor at the University of Kansas, continues the popular, weeklong training with tips for analyzing corporate financial statements. This free webinar was also offered in 2011 and 2010. AGENDA Day One: Introduction to financial statements Day [...]
Journalism programs at Central Michigan University, Elon University in North Carolina and Louisiana State University will receive visiting business journalism professors next spring under a $1.67 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.
This is the second year of the grant. This past spring, the inaugural visiting professors taught at Colorado State University, Grambling State University, Texas Christian University and the University of South Carolina.
Tommy Thomason is the founding director of Texas Christian University’s Texas Center for Community Journalism. He was also the founding director of TCU’s Schieffer School of Journalism, which he led until starting the center in 2009. He has taught journalism at five universities and has been at TCU since 1984. Email Thomason.
Carlie Kollath has been a business reporter at the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo, Miss., since 2007. She fell in love with journalism in high school and discovered business journalism while working for two trade publications in New York after graduating from the University of Mississippi. Email Kollath or follow her on Twitter @carlie_kollath.
A former business editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Linda Austin became executive director of the Reynolds Center in 2009. She spent the past decade as a top newsroom leader, serving as the editor of the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky; executive editor of The News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Ind.; and managing editor of the News & [...]
