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Black Friday coverage tips

Al Tompkins of the Poynter Institute has some great suggestions on covering the Black Friday shopping day that go beyond traipsing to the malls and shopping centers and talking to consumers.

“We spend so much time focusing on shopping when covering Black Friday, but there is a big story to be told about holiday jobs, too,” wrote Tompkins.

In addition, Tompkins notes that there is a big story about compulsive shopping. “This season is to compulsive shoppers what Thanksgiving is to overeaters or New Year’s Eve is to alcoholics,” wrote Tompkins. “The temptations and hype to ‘shop ’til you drop’ are everywhere.”

Read more here. Tompkins has links to some great links to statistics.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.