Covering real estate:
An introduction
Everybody needs a roof over their head – even local businesses. Jonathan Lansner, a veteran reporter at The Orange Country Register, details how to cover the story of real estate locally and nationally.
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0Disciplined record-keeping is key for reporting real-estate transactions
Best Practices, Featured, Real estate | Econ development, Rosland Gammon
Charles Piller and Robert Lewis are among this year’s finalists for the Gerald Loeb awards for their Sacramento Bee stories exploring hard money lending. The first of their two stories starts with a district attorney who borrowed from a hard money broker, which the story defines as the equivalent of a “legal loan shark who [...]
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Paula Madison to students: ‘If you come to work and don’t have your own story, I will fire you.’
Career tips, Networking, Visiting Professors Program
Television executive Paula Madison told Grambling State University students they can get the jobs of their dreams, starting with well-written, well-edited resumes and cover letters. “Cover letters should speak about how you can help me,” said Madison, a former NBC Universal television station general manager and news director.
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New Census Bureau e-commerce will shine a light on local business
Beats, Economy, Featured, Melissa Preddy, Personal finance, Retail | Lifestyle, Small | Private | Non-profit, Story ideas
A local independent pet store that’s been around for years recently started advertising a courtesy home-delivery service. When I inquired about it, I got the sense that it was an effort to combat competition from online shopping services. That was a light-bulb moment, and indeed in checking Amazon, I found my dogs’ preferred brand for [...]
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Fidelity Investments looking for writers, editors with finance background
Basics, Jobs, Networking
Two jobs caught my eye this week because they may be good fits for former business journalists or business journalists looking to try another angle on a writing career. Fidelity Investments is hiring: Senior Investment Writer – seeking a senior writer/editor to produce personal finance articles aimed at high net worth clients for Fidelity’s Viewpoints [...]
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Freelancers: Breaking through to online business markets
Basics, Career tips, Featured, Jobs, Networking
Highlights from American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) include tips for freelancers from editors Tania Padgett, CNNMoney; Scott Olster, Fortune.com and MP Dunleavey, DailyWorth.com.
