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Reporting on Reddit, the ‘Front Page of the Internet’

A Brief Introduction to Covering Jobs and Organized Labor

Changes That Will Shape Personal Finance Coverage in 2021 and Beyond

Why business reporters should take a second look at their community’s water quality report

Reporting on Increased Roadway Fatalities

Is There Growth in Gardening?

Are Moviegoers Ready To Come Back?

Don’t Mail It In

The greeting card industry faced significant turmoil throughout 2020. National paper goods retailer Papyrus collapsed in January amid debt woes

Reporting on the future of malls

Traditional shopping malls haven’t been doing so hot for the past decade or so, and the pandemic has only accelerated

Drive-In Movies: Back for the Future?

For obvious reasons related to the pandemic, drive-in movie theaters started popping up all over the country. The concept of

Keep Updating Your Working Process

In any undertaking, once you’ve done it long enough, you’ll have developed working habits. That is important, because if must

Covering the Business Aspect of College Reopenings

Many colleges have opted to fully reopen this year. Whether you’d personally brave studying in-person or would rather stay home,

Covering the Pandemic’s Impact on Home Improvement

Depending on who you ask, the amount of free time that the pandemic has brought people can be seen as

Write Non-Fungible Articles About Non-Fungible Tokens

The recent hubbub about non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has prompted extremely costly speculation, widespread public confusion and — most importantly for business

Reporting on Your Community’s Vaccine Rollout Progress

Widespread vaccine distribution has been touted as the only way back to ‘normal’ life. As business reporters, keeping an eye

Avoiding Hypocrisy in Business Journalism

If you are a business journalist, then you also have the role of critic. Not that you’re being paid to

Watch for the March of the Would-Be Website Experts

Journalists know in theory that marketers want to get attention because it might help their businesses. But their actions can

Covering Post-Pandemic Tourism: the RV Life

While the pandemic has been devastating for most sectors of the economy, businesses that work with recreational vehicles saw rapid

Covering the Gig Economy After Prop 22

The past few years have seen the incredible growth of companies like Uber and Lyft. The foundation of these companies

The Bar Exam and Its Impact on the Legal Business

The bar exam in the United States, the latest edition of which will be administered Feb. 23-24, is a rite

The Future of College Towns After the Pandemic

As business journalists continue to cover the present and future impact that COVID-19 is having on colleges and universities, they

Supercharge Your Reporting on Electric Cars

On Jan. 8, automotive industry giant General Motors Co. announced a surprising rebrand. It includes a new logo — startup-like, with

Checking Sources for ‘Fake Stories’

“Fake news” has become a thorn in the side of reporting. Yes, there are always stories that have failings in

Google’s New Suite of Tools for Journalists

I’m wary of large companies, especially tech ones that seem to be giving things away. Particularly for journalists. There’s the

Double-Check All the Things People Are Sure They Know

You’d think this would be a given, but too many business stories incorporate information that, while popularly believed, is simply

Streaming Services Board Up the Box Office

The entertainment industry periodically grumbles about a lack of transparency from streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. Specifically, industry analysts

As Covid-19 Increases Middle-Class Debt, These Three Strategies Can Help

In March 2020, Covid-19 hit U.S. families at the low end of middle-class income ($25,000-$110,000) hard, but as the pandemic

Be Wary of Experiential Retail

The e-commerce website for New England furniture store chain Jordan’s Furniture looks like any other, with attractive, if staid, photographs

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