I am digital director at the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism, which I joined in 2009. Before that I was Online Community Manager for azcentral, the online site for The Arizona Republic. Before arriving in Arizona, I worked at Newsday where I was Deputy Business Editor. I was the small business editor at BusinessWeek Online. I teach journalists to use Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools to expand and manage their networks. And I am a cofounder of #wjchat, a weekly Twitter chat about web journalism. You can reach me at Email: Robin.Phillips@BusinessJournalism.org OR RobinJPhillips.com OR @RobinJP
The three most egregious corporate disclosures during the month of January, as uncovered by the Footnoted team. Footnoted, a site that site takes a closer look at the things that companies try to bury in their routine SEC filings, specializes in surfacing hidden opportunities and early signs of potential problems. January’s most egregious goes to [...]
A story by Raquel Rutledge and Rick Barrett that won the Barlett & Steele Silver Award for 2011 has been selected to be part of the “Best Business Writing 2012,” a book to be published in June by Columbia University Press. Rutledge and Barrett, reporters at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, received the silver award in [...]
Arizona’s 100 years in business Arizona turns 100 on Feb. 14 and a team of print and web journalists have been scurrying for months to pull together fun and educational ways to celebrate the event. This crowd-sourced package of photos will interest business journalists … or anyone interested in business or the Southwest. The Arizona [...]
A record number of entries were submitted this year in the 17th annual Best in Business competition, conducted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW). A total of 1,030 entries will be considered for awards, bettering last year’s record entry total of 904, according to a press release from SABEW. “We’re very [...]
We’ll chat live with David Brancaccio, a special correspondent for Marketplace’s Economy 4.0 and host of the Marketplace Index, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 11:30 a.m-12:15 p.m. ET. Brancaccio, a broadcaster for 33 years, was previously the anchor of public television’s NOW, an award-winning newsmagazine of investigative reporting and in-depth interviews. He also hosted California Connected. Before [...]
Several job opportunities caught my eye recently – one specifically business, the others are for investigative positions .. and we all know that often means business. Follow the money in any investigation and business comes into view. Here is some information about the jobs from the news organizations who are searching for reporters. OIL & [...]
Zoe Chace of NPR’s Planet Money breaks down the finances of the music industry in such a smart and accessible way. This is how Chace’s online text story begins: “If you listen to commercial radio, this is not news: Katy Perry had a huge year. She went No.1 five times. She was the most played [...]
Michelle Leder, founder of Footnoted, has been running the contest since 2005. She gives you a head start by naming five nominees from this year’s reporting.
According to 2,583 people who follow ProPublica.org, print newspapers continue to decline as a primary source for news.
