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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.
Beyond Foreclosures
By Andre Jackson
Strong Sourcing
By Dick Weiss
Young Adults Rely on the Internet for Economic News
By Reynolds Center Staff
Navigating Bankruptcy Courts
By Bernie Kohn
Reporting Green
By Maya Payne Smart
Strong Sourcing
By Dick Weiss
June 5, 2009
Hard times inspire stories of hard luck. These three reports from the MinnPost, The Miami Herald and The St. Louis Beacon offer credible stories through strong sourcing.
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 Jobless often forced into lower-paying roles
Audra D. S. Burch of The Miami Herald
Burch looked into how laid-off workers are coping in this economy. She vividly describes how people struggle to accept the new reality that their expectations, jobs and lifestyles have been downsized. Note how Burch uses quotes judiciously. This one from a laid-off worker in the fourth week of her job search, captures the essence of her story: “In that moment, I realized that going to college, a lifelong career, all of my experience in sales and logistics, somehow may not be enough to find a good position. In that moment, I knew that I just had to find a job, to generate income, and deal with my career later.''
2 Laid-off steelworkers don't mind hard work -- just give them a chance to survive
Mary Delach Leonard of The St. Louis Beacon
Leonard and a team of reporters for this online journal prepared a multi-part series of stories looking at how one community is bearing up during the recession. The package called "UnEasy Street" is notable because it paints a nuanced picture of this blue collar community. Granite City has lost thousands of jobs, but residents find strength in their families, their neighborhoods and their schools. (Full disclosure: I am a contributing editor at the Beacon but had nothing to do with this fine work.)
1An ever-more-common journey: from middle class to just hanging on
Delma J. Francis of MinnPost
Francis writes of the financial hardships faced by a journalist who took a buyout from her paper two years ago: herself. Her first-person report recounts the bureaucratic hurdles she's encountered in getting unemployment compensation and her humbling experience of falling out of the middle class. Her short punchy sentences get to the heart of the matter, beginning with a two-word lede: “I’m broke.”
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Copyright © 2009 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 Andre Jackson
Strong Sourcing
By Dick Weiss
Young Adults Rely on the Internet for Economic News
By Reynolds Center Staff
Navigating Bankruptcy Courts
By Bernie Kohn
Reporting Green
By Maya Payne Smart
Strong Sourcing
By Dick Weiss
June 5, 2009
Hard times inspire stories of hard luck. These three reports from the MinnPost, The Miami Herald and The St. Louis Beacon offer credible stories through strong sourcing.
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 Jobless often forced into lower-paying roles
Audra D. S. Burch of The Miami Herald
Burch looked into how laid-off workers are coping in this economy. She vividly describes how people struggle to accept the new reality that their expectations, jobs and lifestyles have been downsized. Note how Burch uses quotes judiciously. This one from a laid-off worker in the fourth week of her job search, captures the essence of her story: “In that moment, I realized that going to college, a lifelong career, all of my experience in sales and logistics, somehow may not be enough to find a good position. In that moment, I knew that I just had to find a job, to generate income, and deal with my career later.''
2 Laid-off steelworkers don't mind hard work -- just give them a chance to survive
Mary Delach Leonard of The St. Louis Beacon
Leonard and a team of reporters for this online journal prepared a multi-part series of stories looking at how one community is bearing up during the recession. The package called "UnEasy Street" is notable because it paints a nuanced picture of this blue collar community. Granite City has lost thousands of jobs, but residents find strength in their families, their neighborhoods and their schools. (Full disclosure: I am a contributing editor at the Beacon but had nothing to do with this fine work.)
1An ever-more-common journey: from middle class to just hanging on
Delma J. Francis of MinnPost
Francis writes of the financial hardships faced by a journalist who took a buyout from her paper two years ago: herself. Her first-person report recounts the bureaucratic hurdles she's encountered in getting unemployment compensation and her humbling experience of falling out of the middle class. Her short punchy sentences get to the heart of the matter, beginning with a two-word lede: “I’m broke.”
Copyright © 2009 Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism