Investigation

Telling Great Stories: Online, Aug. 13

By Reynolds Staff on Jan 31, 2012

All that reporting, all those documents, all those late nights. But you finally got that story! Now, how do you get people to read it? In today’s congested media marketplace, storytelling is more important than ever – but too often, it is the neglected element in business journalism.

In this Webinar, you will learn these techniques to tell great stories from Diana B. Henriques, longtime financial writer for The New York Times and the author of the best-seller, “The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust.”

Check with state attorneys general to get more info on charities

Josh Nathan-Kazis of the Jewish Daily Forward looked into two charities, Kars4Kids and Oorah Inc., and found that less than 25 percent of the $29 million they collected in 2010 was spent on providing programs. The organizations collect donated cars for their mission to support Orthodox outreach to non-Orthodox Jews. Josh also found that Kars4Kids spent $8.3 million on advertising in 2010.

Jobs: Oil and gas in Oklahoma, investigative in Pittsburgh

Several job opportunities caught my eye recently – one specifically business, the others are for investigative positions .. and we all know that often means business. Follow the money in any investigation and business comes into view. Here is some information about the jobs from the news organizations who are searching for reporters. OIL & [...]

Previous Barlett & Steele Award winners

The Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism have been awarded by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism since 2007. They recognize the best in print and online investigative business journalism and are named after the two-time Pulitzer Prize winners Don Barlett and Jim Steele. Here are all of the previous winners:

Enter the Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism celebrates the best in print and online investigative business journalism each year with the annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism.

Debtors in prison – where to start on a complicated story?

Susie An of Chicago’s WBEZ public radio station found some people who couldn’t pay their bills were landing in jail despite laws that prohibit debtors’ prisons.

More money angles to Italy’s Costa Concordia cruise ship tragedy

Well, this has to be some kind of a record: An Italian site is selling T-shirts emblazoned with the terse command “Vada a bordo, cazzo!” issued by the Italian Coast Guard official fast earning fame for his fire-and-brimstone rebukes to Costa Concordia Captain Francesco Schettino. By some web accounts, that command translates roughly to “Get [...]

Atlanta station wins duPont Award for new twist on foreclosures

Jodie Fleischer of WSB-TV in Atlanta won an Alfred I. duPont – Columbia University Award for an investigative series showing a new twist on the foreclosure stories: so-called sovereign citizens who allege they are immune from prosecution under state laws. The duPont Awards recognize the best in broadcast journalism from the previous year.

Long-term unemployment: How the talent gap affects your region

Two weeks ago, this amazing anecdote came my way: An acquaintance offered a salaried job to a young woman – a good job at a “best places to work” employer, at an “average American household” kind of salary and with excellent benefits. The canddiate was early in her career – around 30 – and while [...]