Categories: OLD Media Moves

Hartford biz journal readying website redesign

Norman Bell, the editor of the Hartford Business Journal, writes about its redesigned website, which will debut early next month.

Bell writes, “The home page will offer a striking design that features a rotating carousel approach to presenting the biggest stories of the day. Navigation will be improved, making it easier to find just the page you want. There will be new ways to connect and engage at HartfordBusiness.com. It will be easier to send us news and get involved with our events. It will be easier to find market information, advertising contacts and lists from our ever-popular Book of Lists. There will be new and better RSS feeds plus access to a host of social media options.

“And, of course, there will be a few new features.

“One is the ‘Beyond CT’ section powered by the award-winning news team at CNN. We recognize that more than ever Connecticut business is part of the global economy. That’s why we’re adding coverage from ‘Beyond CT’ that affects lives here in the Nutmeg State. In this area, readers will find a digest of the top economic and financial news from around the globe plus stock market reports.

“We also will be migrating our Movers & Shakers section from print to the online world. The accelerating pace of business makes it imperative for us to bring these personnel changes to you in real time. And that’s just what we’ll do.”

Read more here.

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.