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 [...]
Andrew Leckey, president of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, starting in January will no longer be writing his twice-weekly syndicated investment column for Tribune Media Services, which it has carried for more than 26 years.
Today being Cyber Monday — the e-commerce answer to the post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy encouraged by brick-and-mortar merchants — one hot topic is the collection, or lack thereof, of sales taxes on electronic purchases. If you haven’t covered the topic lately, now is a good time to review your state’s rules and regulations for readers, so [...]
Your brand can save you: I learned this up close and personal after I was laid off from Aviation Week last month after a great five-and-a-half year run. Thanks to my brand and social media, I received some great job leads (and expect to be hired very soon) and a healthy amount of freelance work.
I’m a big fan and a voracious follower of journalism practice blogs. On one of those blogs, I learned about the monthly Carnival of Journalism. The brainchild of David Cohn, founder of Spot.Us, a fellow at the University of Missouri’s Journalism school at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and a Reynolds Center presenter, the carnival is [...]
Every once in a while we come across a job that sounds just right … but for just the right person. Cars.com, which is based in Chicago, is looking for a news editor to join the editorial staff who also is able to write original stories and reviews about cars and is also adept at [...]
We all know that social media is becoming a great place to follow sources. Here are some good Twitter accounts to follow. (And you can find more business writers and resources in the lists created by the Reynolds Center. @BizJournalism lists. ) Twitter Feeds: PhilAngelides Phil Angelides Phil Angelides was chairman of the Financial [...]
We’ll chat live with Steve Rubel, executive VP for Edelman PR, AdAge columnist, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 12:30-1:15 p.m. ET. Rubel studies the future of media and works across the firm’s practices and geographies to help clients unify their communications strategies across traditional, emerging, owned and social channels. Edelman is the world’s largest independent public relations [...]
