President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for new approaches and more funding to help people addicted to heroin and prescription painkillers. Speaking at a drug abuse summit in Atlanta, Obama
The New York City Council changed its zoning laws last week, adding two ordinances that ensure real estate developers include units that are affordable to average New Yorkers. New York
Today is Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. If you’re looking to do some timely reporting on the small businesses in your area, the Census Bureau offers resources that can
This is one of a series of articles focused on financial accounting disclosures and how you as a reporter can interpret and report on them. The first four articles (see
There’s plenty of coverage on the gig economy: good, bad, “disruptive.” But at the center of the gig economy is the shifting way the American worker participates. Here are some
President Obama dubs small businesses as the “backbone of our economy and the cornerstone of our community.” Data backs this up. The ADP National Employment Report reflects small businesses created
Financial lessons from Enron The collapse of Enron, while dated, provides a graphic lesson: Analyze the financial statements of a company because they often offer reporters a different perspective from
With Super Tuesday now over, both parties are a little closer to selecting their presidential candidates, though the picture is clearer for the Democrats. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump notched resounding
You’ve gathered your data and interviews; now it’s time to write and organize your business feature. But where to start? Organizing and creating good flow in your business features takes
Since the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, many media organizations are following the tussle between President Obama and Congress about naming a successor to the court. Scalia’s death
In this week’s episode, Leslie Wayne, adjunct faculty at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University, shares tips for covering campaign finance. She originally shared these tips
Products like wheat, coffee, cocoa, cotton, milk, sugar, orange juice, live cattle and even pork bellies are bought and sold on more than 50 major commodity markets worldwide. Generally, agricultural
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