Even as fallout from the mortgage market meltdown still reverberates throughout the economy, ominous rumblings suggest that a similar bust in the student loan market could be the next big financial crisis. According to a just-out report by the National Association of Consumer Bankrtupcy Attorneys, for example, 80 percent of respondents report a surge in [...]
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 [...]
Now that one major TV-watching spectacle is over for 2012 – the Super Bowl – there’s only a week left until armchair experts will settle in front of the tube to call out critiques and accolades as they root for their favorite contenders in the Westminster Kennel Club’s annual dog show at New York’s Madison [...]
All that reporting, all those documents, all those late nights. But you finally got that story! Now, how do you get people to read it? In today’s congested media marketplace, storytelling is more important than ever – but too often, it is the neglected element in business journalism.
In this Webinar, you will learn these techniques to tell great stories from Diana B. Henriques, longtime financial writer for The New York Times and the author of the best-seller, “The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust.”
Josh Nathan-Kazis of the Jewish Daily Forward looked into two charities, Kars4Kids and Oorah Inc., and found that less than 25 percent of the $29 million they collected in 2010 was spent on providing programs. The organizations collect donated cars for their mission to support Orthodox outreach to non-Orthodox Jews. Josh also found that Kars4Kids spent $8.3 million on advertising in 2010.
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 & [...]
The Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism have been awarded by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism since 2007. They recognize the best in print and online investigative business journalism and are named after the two-time Pulitzer Prize winners Don Barlett and Jim Steele. Here are all of the previous winners:
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism celebrates the best in print and online investigative business journalism each year with the annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism.
Susie An of Chicago’s WBEZ public radio station found some people who couldn’t pay their bills were landing in jail despite laws that prohibit debtors’ prisons.
