Freelance for Examiner.com

Examiner.com is looking for telecommuting freelance journalists to write for its Business and Finance Channel on some of the following subjects:

• Green Business
  
• Home Building Industry
  
• Internet Business
  
• Nonprofit Business
  
• Organic Industry
  
• Retirement Planning
  
• Start-up Business
  
• Tourism Industry

The freelancers will write original, insightful content on their selected subject for Examiner's Web site. Freelancers will receive competitive pay based on their content's page views, unique visitors, session length and advertising performance. Freelancers will be expected to post three to four short articles with timely content per week.
Applicants should be proficient with Web tools and online publishing systems.

View the job posting here and apply online here.

WSJ investigative reporter dies at 54

John Wilke, an investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at age 54, according to reports from the Examiner.
Wilke began his career at BusinessWeek in 1984 and then covered technology and business for the Boston Globe. He has worked at The Journal since 1989.
From the story:

In recent years, his investigation of earmark deals cut by members of Congress for friends or supporters led to last year's indictment of then Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz. Another story revealed the way Democratic Rep. John Murtha used earmarks to bring federal contracts to his Pennsylvania district.

Wilke's stories also included a 2005 expose on mutual-fund trader Mario Gabelli, who settled civil fraud claims for about $100 million six months after the story appeared. In 2000, Wilke scored an extraordinary interview with U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson...

To read more about Wilke check out this story from The Wall Street Journal.