Technology

Cash for appliances tip of the green money iceberg

By Melissa Preddy on Feb 24, 2010 in Beats, Economy, Featured, Personal finance, Retail, Story ideas, Technology

Lots of good consumer stories on tap these days as the appliance equivalent of ‘cash for clunkers’ is under way or about to be in dozens of states.
Read about the bones of the program – funded by stimulus dollars — at the U.S. Department of Energy’s site. Each state’s effort is different in terms of [...]

Learn to mine court documents online and in-person

By Rosland Gammon on Feb 16, 2010 in Basics, Best Practices, Story ideas, Technology

Charges against former Broadcom CEO Henry Nicholas were dropped.

Richard Siklos of Fortune has a catchy lede on his story about former Broadcom CEO Henry Nicholas:
”As CEO-gone-bad cases go, Henry Nicholas’ had it all: heavy allegations of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, as well as big-time corporate number-fudging. Because of widespread stock-option backdating at Broadcom, the [...]

Search beyond Toyota for recall stories

By Melissa Preddy on Feb 10, 2010 in Beats, Economy, Featured, Investigation, Personal finance, Retail, Story ideas, Technology

Much to the woe of its executives, workers and shareholders, Toyota’s gargantuan throttle recall is hogging most of the product-safety press these days. And given the scope of the saga, which concerns 5.6 million vehicles, it will for some time to come. And that’s not even counting the fallout of a potential Prius brake fix [...]

3-minute video contest launched by Pulitzer Center

By Robin Phillips on Feb 01, 2010 in Career tips, Networking, Technology

Project: Report 2010 launches YouTube partnership on crisis reporting.
The contest invites non-professional, aspiring reporters to share their stories with the world.
Round 1 launches today
The assignment:
Document a single day in the life of a compelling person the world should meet and showcase how that person is making a positive impact in his or [...]

Tale from Apple’s tablet: clarity for non-techies serves all

By Rosland Gammon on Jan 28, 2010 in Basics, Best Practices, Featured, Technology

Everyone covered the unveiling of Apple’s latest product, the iPad, but The Salt Lake Tribune took pains to cover it from a consumer’s perspective with a short set of questions and answers.
Josh Awtry, an assistant managing editor who wrote the article, said the paper wanted to do a story that non-techies, such as his parents, wouldn’t [...]

Finding a local slice of the Apple Tablet story

By Melissa Preddy on Jan 27, 2010 in Featured, Personal finance, Retail, Story ideas, Technology

Fresh off Monday’s quarterly report which boasted a $3.38 billion profit on more than $15 billion in sales, Apple Inc. will make news again today, reportedly with the launch of a flat touch-screen tablet that Steve Jobs reportedly has indicated is his most triumphant achievement.
The IT and financial press is abuzz with speculation about [...]

Anticipation for new Apple Tablet mounts

By Jennifer Johnson on Jan 25, 2010 in Basics, Technology

Techie’s are all a-twitter about Apple’s latest product which is expected to be unveiled on Wednesday. The New York Times, Bloomberg and The Christian Science Monitor among others, report that Apple will launch its new tablet. Bloomberg reports that anticipation for the tablet has helped lift Apple’s stock, which closed at a record of $215.04 on Jan. [...]

New York Times plans for 2011 pay wall

By Courtney Godfrey on Jan 20, 2010 in Technology

With revenue down at most media outlets, yet another newspaper company announced plans Wednesday to introduce a paid content model.
According to a Bloomberg article released Wednesday, New York Times online users will be allowed free access to a set number of articles per month, and charged a fee to read more.
This so-called “metered model” reflects [...]

Lesson from AOL/Time Warner: Question the consensus view

By Rosland Gammon on Jan 12, 2010 in Best Practices, Featured, Technology

Tim Arango of The New York Times scored interviews with the executives at AOL and Time Warner involved in the biggest merger in American business history to discuss what went wrong on its 10th anniversary.
Tim writes, “To call the transaction the worst in history, as it is now taught in business schools, does not begin [...]