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    Covering the future of energy
    In this series, sustainability consulant Colin Tetreault offers advice on covering energy's effects on the business world.

    Part 1: Introduction
    Part 2: Efficiency
    Part 3: Environmental impact
    Part 4: Infrastructure
  • 100 years in business: azcentral turns to those who lived it
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    100 years in business: azcentral turns to those who lived it

    Basics, Featured, Media | Advertising, Social Media, Story ideas

    Arizona’s 100 years in business Arizona turns 100 on Feb. 14 and a team of print and web journalists have been scurrying for months to pull together fun and educational ways to celebrate the event. This crowd-sourced package of photos will interest business journalists … or anyone interested in business or the Southwest. The Arizona [...]

  • Develop a systematic plan to exemplify your story’s focus
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    Develop a systematic plan to exemplify your story’s focus

    Basics, Best Practices, Economy, Featured, Manufacturing | Large companies, Rosland Gammon

    Adam Davidson of NPR’s Planet Money produced an Atlantic article and a two-part segment for Planet Money looking at the loss of jobs for unskilled workers and the growing demand for skilled workers. He explored the issue through Standard Motor Products, a 92-year-old, family-run maker of replacement parts for car engines. In yesterday’s post, Adam offered tips [...]

  • As settlement looms, dig into your local foreclosure market
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    As settlement looms, dig into your local foreclosure market

    Beats, Economy, Featured, Investing | Banking, Melissa Preddy, Real estate | Econ development, Story ideas

    We may know by Friday if state attorneys general have reached a deal - reportedly worth up to $25 billion – with five major banks accused of deceptive practices that exacerbated foreclosure problems for struggling homeowners.  The banks involved are Bank of America, Wells Fargo & Co, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Citigroup and Ally Financial Inc.  The [...]

  • Telling Great Stories: Online, Aug. 13
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    Telling Great Stories: Online, Aug. 13

    2012 Workshops, Webinars, Basics, Best Practices, Career tips, Free Training, Investigation, Regional and online workshops

    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.”

  • Record numbers enter SABEW’s Best in Business 2012 contest
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    Record numbers enter SABEW’s Best in Business 2012 contest

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    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 [...]

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