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The Reynolds Center has announced its 2009-10 free workshop schedule.
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The Reynolds Center registration for Fall 2009 free online seminars.
Getting Settled
By Kelly Carr
Obama and the Economy
By Jennifer Hopfinger
Struggles and Solutions
By Dick Weiss
Where the Weekly Began
By Henry Dubroff
Smart Sourcing
By John Emshwiller
Struggles and Solutions
By Dick Weiss
November 7, 2008
I had an editor who once said: “Don’t come in here and tell me about your problems, unless you have a solution.” Newspapers are good at highlighting problems – particularly in the wake of the meltdown in the markets. But they don’t always offer solutions. Two stories highlighted here – from The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Detroit Free Press won’t solve every problem, but they do offer readers some help. A third story from The Des Moines Register is effective in its own way, telling of the struggles of middle-class farmers through one particular family.
Click here to send me an e-mail with some great business stories you’ve written or seen. You could see your story touted here as one of the best in the nation.
Note: Each headline contains a link so that you can read the stories online. Some sites will require you to register first. It's worth taking the time.
3 Credit squeeze hits home as card limits, equity lines pared
John Wilkens and Jennifer Davies of The San Diego Union-Tribune
The bad news on stocks is the most visible and easiest problem to track. Yet we've been told repeatedly that the real mess involves tightening credit. Wilkens and Davies explore the credit problem from the consumer angle in this easy-to-follow report that also provides useful advice. This story drew dozens of online comments.
2How the middle class is being squeezed
Reid Forgrave of The Des Moines Register
How you gonna keep them down on the farm when middle-class farmers' standard of living keeps dropping? Forgrave says the decline has been in the making for many years. He provides facts and figures, but what drives readers through the story is his focus on the plight of one farmer, Scott Davis.
1Slipping standard of living squeezes middle class
John Gallagher of The Detroit Free Press
Times have been tough for the middle-class all over. In this first of a four-part series examining changing times for the middle class, Gallagher explains why the American dream is slipping away for so many people. The common thread is debt. I encourage you to review the entire series for the way it engages readers not only through storytelling, but photographs, interactive features and useful tools to manage a budget.
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Copyright © 2008 Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism
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 Kelly Carr
Obama and the Economy
By Jennifer Hopfinger
Struggles and Solutions
By Dick Weiss
Where the Weekly Began
By Henry Dubroff
Smart Sourcing
By John Emshwiller
Struggles and Solutions
By Dick Weiss
November 7, 2008
I had an editor who once said: “Don’t come in here and tell me about your problems, unless you have a solution.” Newspapers are good at highlighting problems – particularly in the wake of the meltdown in the markets. But they don’t always offer solutions. Two stories highlighted here – from The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Detroit Free Press won’t solve every problem, but they do offer readers some help. A third story from The Des Moines Register is effective in its own way, telling of the struggles of middle-class farmers through one particular family.
Click here to send me an e-mail with some great business stories you’ve written or seen. You could see your story touted here as one of the best in the nation.
Note: Each headline contains a link so that you can read the stories online. Some sites will require you to register first. It's worth taking the time.
3 Credit squeeze hits home as card limits, equity lines pared
John Wilkens and Jennifer Davies of The San Diego Union-Tribune
The bad news on stocks is the most visible and easiest problem to track. Yet we've been told repeatedly that the real mess involves tightening credit. Wilkens and Davies explore the credit problem from the consumer angle in this easy-to-follow report that also provides useful advice. This story drew dozens of online comments.
2How the middle class is being squeezed
Reid Forgrave of The Des Moines Register
How you gonna keep them down on the farm when middle-class farmers' standard of living keeps dropping? Forgrave says the decline has been in the making for many years. He provides facts and figures, but what drives readers through the story is his focus on the plight of one farmer, Scott Davis.
1Slipping standard of living squeezes middle class
John Gallagher of The Detroit Free Press
Times have been tough for the middle-class all over. In this first of a four-part series examining changing times for the middle class, Gallagher explains why the American dream is slipping away for so many people. The common thread is debt. I encourage you to review the entire series for the way it engages readers not only through storytelling, but photographs, interactive features and useful tools to manage a budget.
Copyright © 2008 Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism