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Hooked on Kindle
By Chris Roush
Tracking the Business Behind the Tomato
By Jonathan Higuera
Five Questions with Bill Choyke
By Jonathan Higuera
Finding the Economy's Silver Lining
By Dick Weiss
Double Whammy: Oil and Housing
By Jennifer Hopfinger
The Times-Picayune Business Section Rundown
By Charles Crumpley
November 5, 2004 04:36 PM
Publication name: The Times-Picayune
Top editors of your business section: Charles Crumpley, money section editor; Kim Quillen, assistant business editor
Total staff and number of reporters: Seven reporters and their beats: Keith Darce, shipbuilding and regulated utilities; Mary Judice, banks and personal finance; Ronette King, retail and medical; Rebecca Mowbray, tourism and hospitality; Greg Thomas, real estate; Jaquetta White, ports and the shipping industry; and Stewart Yerton, economic development and the oil and gas industry. One designer: Charles Chauff. One clerk: Whitney Santora.
Sections: Daily sections Tuesday through Saturday; Sunday section.
Focus and philosophy, what you do especially well: We focus almost entirely on businesses and industries that are important locally, such as tourism, offshore oil and gas, shipbuilding, and ports and shipping. In a somewhat unusual twist, we also focus on economic development, including the public-sector drive to lure businesses and industries to New Orleans. The film industry, for example, has taken root in recent years after the state created a tax credit program that's lucrative for film makers. (The latest to be filmed in New Orleans was the movie about Ray Charles titled "Ray.").
Recent stories that made us proud: An October Sunday centerpiece about state-certified venture capital companies that are selling out local businesses — and moving them out of state, in some cases — even though state tax money was invested in them to create local jobs. An October 2003 series that looked back at Louisiana's 10-year disappointing experience with gambling and explained why neighboring Mississippi was able to steal away much of the industry. A November 2001 series, followed by continuing coverage today, about the state's river pilots, who are legally required to steer ships up and down the Mississippi River. The pilots, self-regulating and politically connected, are paid about $340,000 a year, and shippers allege they add so much to costs that shippers prefer to go to other ports.
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The Reynolds Center has announced its 2009-10 free workshop schedule.
Select a workshop and register from the drop-down menu below.
The Reynolds Center registration for Fall 2009 free online seminars.
By Chris Roush
Tracking the Business Behind the Tomato
By Jonathan Higuera
Five Questions with Bill Choyke
By Jonathan Higuera
Finding the Economy's Silver Lining
By Dick Weiss
Double Whammy: Oil and Housing
By Jennifer Hopfinger
The Times-Picayune Business Section Rundown
By Charles CrumpleyNovember 5, 2004 04:36 PM
Publication name: The Times-Picayune
Top editors of your business section: Charles Crumpley, money section editor; Kim Quillen, assistant business editor
Total staff and number of reporters: Seven reporters and their beats: Keith Darce, shipbuilding and regulated utilities; Mary Judice, banks and personal finance; Ronette King, retail and medical; Rebecca Mowbray, tourism and hospitality; Greg Thomas, real estate; Jaquetta White, ports and the shipping industry; and Stewart Yerton, economic development and the oil and gas industry. One designer: Charles Chauff. One clerk: Whitney Santora.
Sections: Daily sections Tuesday through Saturday; Sunday section.
Focus and philosophy, what you do especially well: We focus almost entirely on businesses and industries that are important locally, such as tourism, offshore oil and gas, shipbuilding, and ports and shipping. In a somewhat unusual twist, we also focus on economic development, including the public-sector drive to lure businesses and industries to New Orleans. The film industry, for example, has taken root in recent years after the state created a tax credit program that's lucrative for film makers. (The latest to be filmed in New Orleans was the movie about Ray Charles titled "Ray.").
Recent stories that made us proud: An October Sunday centerpiece about state-certified venture capital companies that are selling out local businesses — and moving them out of state, in some cases — even though state tax money was invested in them to create local jobs. An October 2003 series that looked back at Louisiana's 10-year disappointing experience with gambling and explained why neighboring Mississippi was able to steal away much of the industry. A November 2001 series, followed by continuing coverage today, about the state's river pilots, who are legally required to steer ships up and down the Mississippi River. The pilots, self-regulating and politically connected, are paid about $340,000 a year, and shippers allege they add so much to costs that shippers prefer to go to other ports.
Copyright © 2008 Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism