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Tax-exempt bonds benefited oil industry more than NOLA neighborhoods

By Rosland Gammon on Aug 31, 2010 in Beats, Best Practices, Energy | Utilities | Mining, Featured, Investigation, Real estate | Econ development, Story ideas

Ariella Cohen, co-founder and staff reporter at the nonprofit New Orleans news site, The Lens, found that far more of the tax-exempt bonds issued to rebuild Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina went to the oil industry than to hard-hit areas in New Orleans.
In a piece for Newsweek marking the fifth anniversary of the storm, she writes:
“New [...]

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After years of working to convince the government to expand offshore drilling, oil companies finally got the thumbs up. So they dug in quick and began tapping deep inside the ocean to keep up with our country’s ever-expanding [...]

Bloomberg Government to hire 100+ journalists, analysts in D.C.

By Linda Austin on Aug 18, 2010 in Basics, Economy, Energy | Utilities | Mining, Featured, Job listings, Jobs, Technology, Transportation | Airlines | Travel

Bloomberg plans to hire more than 100 journalists and analysts in Washington for a new product called Bloomberg Government (BGOV) that “will intensely cover the business implications of government actions — namely legislation, regulation and government spending,” a Bloomberg spokeswoman said.
“We are looking for journalists interested in pioneering a different form of journalism – combining [...]

‘Nat’ sound shines in PRI award winner on green buildings

By Rosland Gammon on Aug 16, 2010 in Best Practices, Energy | Utilities | Mining, Featured, Green Economy 2010, Real estate | Econ development, Technology

Jason Margolis of PRI’s “The World” radio program won a first-place award from the Society of Environmental Journalists for his segment on green commercial buildings.
In announcing his winning entry for Outstanding Beat/In-Depth Reporting, Radio, SEJ said, “This piece stood head and shoulders above the competition for the reporter’s skill in taking a simple and increasingly [...]

Bloomberg posts 20 editorial jobs in D.C. for new government-info product, BGOV

By Reynolds Staff on Aug 11, 2010 in Basics, Energy | Utilities | Mining, Job listings, Jobs, Technology, Transportation | Airlines | Travel

Bloomberg has posted 20 editorial positions in Washington on its website for “a new Web-based information product that will report on, analyze and quantify the impact of government actions on business and industry.” All of the jobs require a bachelor’s degree and at least two years of experience covering business or government.
The following jobs require at least five years [...]

Leckey helps shed light on the BP story for Asian viewers

By Reynolds Staff on Aug 10, 2010 in Basics, Energy | Utilities | Mining

CCTV (China Central Television), the national station of the People’s Republic of China, spoke with Andrew Leckey, president of the Reynolds National Center for business journalism.
Studio discussion: Will new CEO restore BP’s reputation?
On July 28, 2010, the Chinese network asked Leckey for his analysis of the Tony Hayward story:

1. Can we say that Hayward [...]

Utilities may win big from energy bill, says Reynolds Center President Andrew Leckey

By Reynolds Staff on Aug 06, 2010 in Energy | Utilities | Mining

Reynolds Center President Andrew Leckey writes in an op-ed piece for Reuters about the stalled climate-change legislation in the U.S. Congress:
“Having spent the past two weeks in record high temperatures in Beijing and Shanghai, with global warming being noted publicly by Chinese officials as the primary cause of severe weather, I find the situation faced by U.S. companies [...]

Finding stories of sustainability in your inbox

By Kelly Carr on Aug 02, 2010 in Basics, Energy | Utilities | Mining, Green Economy 2010, Green Economy 2010 blog Back to Green Seminar Blog >>

In my ever-jammed inbox last week another e-newsletter lurked. I’ll admit freely that my typical response to these is a quick scan followed by a prompt delete. Unless a headline or snazzy graphic catches my attention fast, those messages usually end up in my trash.
Most journalists, I’m guessing, can relate to this system. But occasionally, there are [...]

BBC, ICIJ: asbestos industry ‘exporting an epidemic’ to developing world

By Rosland Gammon on Jul 30, 2010 in Best Practices, Energy | Utilities | Mining, Featured, Health care, Investigation, Story ideas

The BBC and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) investigated how a global network of lobbyists has spent nearly $100 million since the mid-1980s to preserve the market for asbestos, especially in the developing world where use of the cheap — but carcinogenic – building material is growing.
Among the key findings of their investigation:
“Despite waves of asbestos-related disease in [...]