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Telling Great Stories: Online, Aug. 13

By Reynolds Staff on Jan 31, 2012

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.”

Finding Local Jobs Stories in BLS Data: Online, July 10

Four years into producing stories on unemployment woes, you may be looking for new angles. The good news is that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has a treasure trove of data that offers fresh insights on your local jobs market.

In this hourlong, live session you’ll learn where to find the local statistics to substantiate the trend stories you are seeing — and find new ones.

Marketplace’s David Brancaccio: LIVE chat, Tuesday, Jan. 31

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 [...]

Enter the Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism

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.

Deadline: $1,000 fellowship to attend SABEW, Indianapolis, March 15-17

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism will award two $1,000 fellowships to attend the annual conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) in Indianapolis March 15-17.

Check out the new spring schedule of free Reynolds Center training

Jump-start your business coverage and career with free training in business journalism this spring from the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. Journalists can learn at their desks with the center’s free, live Webinars on topics such as investigating private companies and nonprofits and using LinkedIn to find sources, plus understanding local economic [...]

Quick chat with DePaul University’s Matthew Ragas

As the founding editor of RagingBull.com, one of the first online investor communities, and a co-founder of Indie Research, an investment-newsletter company, Matthew Ragas has always pursued what he loves. Today he teaches courses in the College of Communication at DePaul University where he encourages his students to follow their individual passions. Ragas, a Business [...]

Quick Chat with Reynolds Visiting Professor Rob Reuteman

Rob Reuteman, former president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, was an editor at the Rocky Mountain News for 26 years until the paper folded in 2009. During his last 12 years at the Rocky, he worked both as a columnist and business editor. Reuteman is currently the Reynolds Visiting Professor at Colorado State University, where [...]

Quick chat with Reynolds Visiting Professor Rob Wells

Rob Wells, former deputy bureau chief of Dow Jones Newswires‘ Washington bureau, was recently named a Reynolds Visiting Professor at the University of South Carolina. He was also a Business Journalism Professors Fellow from Jan. 2-5 in Phoenix. Pulling on his experience as a veteran financial journalist, Wells offered tips of how reporters can get the knowledge [...]