Tourism
Borderless beauty: How globalization is boosting the cosmetic medical tourism business
“I love your face, where can I get it?” What happens when you opt to get plastic surgery but the estimated cost is far outside
Consumer travel: Three summer story angles
Now that the summer travel season is in full swing, business reporters across the country have likely retread topics such as how the local tourism bureau plans
Travel industry update: Six great reads
As the year’s big travel season approaches, business writers looking for new story angles should read-up on the latest trends and predictions for the tourism industry.
Barlett & Steele
Data-driven investigation reveals questionable investments by thousands of Federal officials
A massive data-journalism project at The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) revealed that more than 2,600 top federal officials traded stocks in companies they helped oversee,
Reader tips help ProPublica uncover dodgy insurance practices in Barlett & Steele Award-winning series
The Bartlett & Steele Silver Award in the Global/National Category for 2023 went to “Uncovered,” ProPublica’s three-piece investigation into exploitative practices in the health insurance
Renters locked out of the American Dream, Award-winning Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation shows
Homeownership is a way for citizens to move up in American society, but homeownership has become elusive for Black and Brown communities in Metro Atlanta,
Music
Employees would rather quit than break their soul
Once you’ve heard it, it’s hard to forget the newest song released by Grammy Award Winner Beyoncé about alienation – and eventual redemption – from
Business angles for covering summer concerts
With summer approaching, today’s biggest stars like Beyonce, Taylor Swift, U2 and the Foo Fighters are gearing up to go on tour. The music industry
Business angles for covering music festivals
Every year, it seems like event organizers and record labels put on more music festivals. Big ticket events like Coachella and Austin City Limits draw
Elections
Christian nationalism is on the rise, but it’s difficult to quantify its financial influence in elections
By: Francesca D’Annunzio, Lauren Irwin and Janaé Bradford Christian nationalism is having a moment. The ideology and groups that espouse it aren’t new, but experts
Localizing the business of campaign memorabilia
The 2020 presidential election is less than a year away, so yard signs, buttons, bumper stickers, and other memorabilia are already out in full force.
Covering election hacking on the business beat
Election hacking has remained in the headlines after a federal grand jury indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers on charges of hacking Democrats’ emails and computer
Journalist Q&A
Investigative report uncovers corruption, social injustice in the California cannabis industry
There is a market for everything – even death.
Barlett & Steele Award-winning investigation spurs worker protection for deadly lung disease
Career Advice
Celebrating female business journalists for Women’s History Month
Reporter’s Notebook: Reynolds Center graduate assistants attend SABEW training in New York
Barlett & Steele 2023 Award winners share their investigative secrets
Student Loans
Reporting on student loan debt
Back to school—and deeper into debt: Part 3
Back to school — and deeper into debt: Part 2
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