Tools, data, and other resources can help make your work faster, more accurate, and better. Here are 11 online tools (all with free versions) that are worth a look. Congress.gov
The International Trade Administration provides reliable first-hand data for business journalists looking into trade affairs, which you can find at export.gov. One of the most important tools found on the
Reporters across the nation covering mass transit initiatives in the upcoming ballot can turn to the National Transportation Database for vital insights. According to the Center for Transportation Excellence, more
This workshop was held in June 2016. You can view the presentation on Slideshare below. Wondering where to obtain data for your business and investigative stories? Data journalist Steve Doig,
Many people mistakenly equate nonprofit organizations with charity organizations. But that’s not the case. Even the name nonprofit is a misnomer: nonprofits can make money, but any money generated must
In this week’s episode, Steve Doig, data journalist and Knight Chair in Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Evan Wyloge, senior reporter at the Arizona
If you’ve ever wanted an easy, yet exhaustive, source of metropolitan, state, and national-level data on entrepreneurship and small business activity, you’ve found it. The newly released Kauffman Indices, commissioned by
Is your newsroom looking to interact more with your audience? Create better timelines, charts and graphics? Be more efficient in your work individually and within a team? Here are some
Data isn’t just for investigative reporters. Numbers are the basis for any business story. Where to find them? Try these sources. Google Public Data Google has a free public
1. FOIA Machine FOIA Machine is a website that helps you speed up and simplify the process of submitting a Freedom of Information Access request. It hosts the standard
Mark Twain noted that there are “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Fraud with numbers is something business journalists should always be alert to. But there are gold-standard statistics that no
If you stop by BusinessJournalism.org regularly, you know that I enjoy finding new (and sometimes unusual) resources for journalists. Digging into LinkedIn, finding company tutorials on Slideshare. Finding insight on
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