WorkingNation, a nonprofit founded to explore unemployment and economic solutions, has received a $750,000 grant from Lumina Foundation to produce work-related journalism. Diane Haithman of the Los Angeles Business Journal writes, “The grant from the...
Joe Pinsker of The Atlantic interviewed Lisa Keefe, the editor of Meatingplace, which covers the meatpacking industry. Here is an excerpt: Pinsker: What do people say when they hear what you do for a living? Keefe: People don’t...
Law360 reporter Sindhu Sundar spoke to The News Guild about her career and why she became a journalist. Here is an excerpt: 3. What could the news business use more of? Public support and funding!...
San Francisco Chronicle business reporter Trisha Thadani talks about her job covering a variety of stories related to Silicon Valley. Thadani has been a reporter for the paper for since December. She has worked at the Boston...
Do you — or a reporter you know — have a great idea for an investigative or enterprise story on a business or economic topic, but few resources to get it done? If so,...
Wall Street Journal reporter Steve Russolillo writes about donating a kidney to his mother in law just three weeks after marrying her daughter, Shelly Banjo of Bloomberg Gadfly. Russolillo writes, “I married my wife...
Don Keough, probably the most influential editor in the history of business journals, is seriously ill and needs help to receive the medical care he needs. Keough was key player in the development of more...
The Wall Street Journal won the New York Media Softball League championship this past weekend, defeating Chartbeat by an 8-7 score in the championship game. It’s the Journal’s second consecutive championship and sixth overall....
Jessica Lessin of The Information writes about why venture capital investors are bad for business media startups such as Cheddar. Lessin writes, “At The Information, we have been funded by our customers from virtually day...
Alyson Shontell of Business Insider writes about Cheddar, a startup that aims to provide video content about business topics for millennials. Shontell writes, “To do this, Cheddar will stream one to two hours of live...
