Jeff Goodell, contributing editor at Rolling Stone, contributer to the New York Times Magazine, and author, has covered the coal and energy industries for nearly a decade. Goodell talked to journalists about the challenges and importance of telling the energy stories, in addition to his book, “Our Story: 77 Hours That Tested Our Friendship and Our Faith,” [...]
On Wednesday this week we headed out to the World Expo. It is something difficult to put into words simply because of its enormity. An entire section of Shanghai has been virtually fenced off for the six-month long world fair. It has its own bus line and ferry system to navigate through the Expo [...]
Sorry to post all these in such succession, but this is one of the few times I have had to sit down and put things together. We obviously have landed safely and are preparing to head to bed before we start the week here in Shanghai. The city is incredible already, it is much more [...]
I chose to make these two entries separate so I could include photos with both while keeping it simple. The Olympic Village was one of the stops I had been looking forward to the most. On the way in on the very first day we were able to see the Bird’s Nest from the highway [...]
Approximately 48 hours ago, myself and 14 of my fellow students arrived in Beijing, China to take part in a much anticipated, two-week, International Business Journalism course. Being here on behalf of the Walter Cronkite School at Arizona State and the Reynolds Center has been an honor, and the experience has already left many of [...]
These quotes were randomly selected during SABEW 2010 (Society of American Business Editors and Writers) which is being held in Phoenix this weekend. “I’ve developed a control mechanism. I do not open my e-mail until I’ve finished my thinking.” Carll Tucker, founding partner of Main Street Online “What we learned from that model is free [...]
If you’ve been watching CNN in the last week, it is unlikely that you’ve missed their latest focus: The Stimulus Project. One year after the stimulus plan was enacted, CNNmoney is looking into where the $4.7 trillion has gone and whether those projects are actually creating jobs and helping the economy. Chief business correspondent Ali [...]
Bring on the drama Diana Henriques of the New York Times questions full disclosure requirements in writing about Fidelity National Financial’s failure to disclose pending lawsuits. Henriques’ story tosses in interesting case details, noting: “And while title insurance and escrow accounts do not seem like the stuff of white-knuckle drama, the legal adventures that gave [...]
Mortgage delinquencies. Foreclosure rates. Housing starts. Home sales. Price trends. With so many factors to analyze and keep up with in the housing market, business journalists have found today’s news cycle has again put the issue in the foreground with a new report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Washington Post’s Renae Merle reports on the [...]
