Almost two-thirds of business journalists report that the amount of business coverage at their organization has stayed the same or increased in the past five years, according to a new survey commissioned by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. | Business Journalists Study 2010 (PDF) The Business Journalists Study 2010 is a [...]
The News & Observer in Raleigh challenged North Carolina’s law protecting personnel records from public view with a three-part series showing the impact of the decision: Salary histories kept from public. Because the state provides only current salary information, the news organizations in the area have had to compile their own databases by requesting information [...]
Sean Carlson, manager of global communications and public affairs at Google, talked until he was horse on Day 2 of SABEW’s annual convention. Carlson started “Google for Journalists: Search smarter tips and tricks” sessions every hour on the hour where he shared tips on ways to refine and direct Google searches. TIPS AND TRICKS (I [...]
Journalists can’t avoid hearing about the benefits of using Twitter and other social media tools … whether they believe them or not. Well, the advanced search tool on Twitter may just help make believers of journalists hoping to find local sources for stories. SIMPLE SEARCH This first image shows a simple search window that appears [...]
The Particulars Instructor: Jimmy Gentry Location: Online Date: July 19-23 Registration for this Webinar is closed. Please note: Registration for this Webinar is closed. Recordings of the Webinar sessions, as well as the PowerPoints and handouts, will be archived on BusinessJournalism.org. After the weeklong Webinar concludes, please find them under “Self-guided training” in the pull-down [...]
Young adults rely heavily on the Internet for economic news, according to a nationwide study released today by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. More than half of the 400 interviewees aged 18 to 25 said they relied a lot on the Internet for business news, followed by television and the advice [...]
Television is cited as the primary source of news about the economy by more Americans than daily newspapers, the Internet and radio combined. In addition, more than half of those who primarily receive their economic news from television rate the coverage as good. Those are the results of a nationwide research report based on 450 [...]
Eighty-eight percent of minority and independent business owners who have been interviewed by the media say the story that resulted was fair and accurate. However, 83 percent of respondents said reporters must improve their understanding of business. These findings are a part of new research on coverage of minority-owned and privately-held businesses from The Donald [...]
Stock market tables in daily newspapers began shrinking more than a decade ago. In 2007, about two-thirds of the nation’s 1,400 daily newspapers still print some form of stock market tables, but virtually none print anything close to a full list of stock results. This research by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business [...]
