Rebecca L. McClay is managing editor of www.creditunions.com and a contributor to Trefis, a financial analysis website. She recently interned for MarketWatch in San Francisco and Bloomberg in New York and was previously a business writer at The Gazette of Business & Politics in Maryland. She has been published in The Arizona Republic, The Wall Street Journal, The Baltimore Sun and more. Rebecca has been contributing articles to businessjournalism.org since 2009.
This is the third in a three-part series by Rebecca McClay that explores how journalists can better investigate the relationship between business and environment. In the first two articles, we looked at ways to reporters can investigate how companies impact water quality and affect land quality. Now, we’ll explore here how business journalists can monitor [...]
This is the second in a three-part series by Rebecca McClay that explores how journalists can better investigate the relationship between business and environment. In the first article examining the intersection of business and the environment, we explored numerous ways journalists can find stories in how companies may impact water quality, but there are also [...]
This is the first in a three-part series by Rebecca McClay that explores how journalists can better investigate the relationship between business and environment. Environmental journalism overlaps with business journalism in many complex and diverse ways. But there are several ways journalists focused on covering economic and financial can start to tune into the environmental beat. [...]
Credit unions are shoring up a stronger asset base, more members and are in a prime position to snag market share from banks in the next few years. It’s an industry business journalists shouldn’t neglect as the banking scene evolves. Credit unions are financial institutions that are similar to banks. They offer savings and checking [...]
A new banking regulation set to take effect this summer may alter the landscape of the financial system making it a key time for business journalists to report on changes in the retail and banking industries in their coverage areas. The Durbin Amendment sets a cap on what financial institutions can charge for each debit [...]
As the housing industry continues to weigh the economic recovery, experts anticipate its remodeling sector will buck the trend and takeoff this year as homeowners start spending on upgrades and renovations. Business reporters can gauge how their local remodeling market is recovering by turning to three key industry indices, finding the right industry experts, and [...]
If there were ever a time that business journalists should focus on the title insurance industry, it’s now. It’s been about a year since a federal law has required lenders to give homeowners accurate estimates for closing costs, including title insurance, early in the buying process. Several state governments are scrutinizing their regulations on how [...]
The foreclosure crisis has been trucking along for a few years now. And experts say it’s not going away anytime soon. But reporters surely are getting a little real estate story fatigue. Finding new sources and new angles for covering the foreclosure crisis is key to keeping readers interested and informed as the wave of [...]
They’re not quite mom-and-pop shops, but they’re not large corporations either. Instead, franchises have attributes of both: Independent ownership with a large support network and a ready-made brand. During the economic downturn, the market for franchises has fluctuated. At the beginning of the recession, the franchise market in most areas received a layoff-related boost. When [...]
