Leonard Downie Jr. spent 44 years at The Washington Post, serving as executive editor from 1991 to 2008, a tenure during which the paper won 25 Pulitzer Prizes. He was an investigative reporter, editor on the local and national news staffs, London correspondent and managing editor and helped supervise the newspaper’s Watergate coverage.
He is vice [...]
Investigating the business of college athletics: Indianapolis
Pulitzer winner Buzz Bissinger headlined this free workshop on how to dig into the finances of your local colleges’ athletic programs. Bissinger, the best-selling author of ‘Shooting Stars,’ ‘Friday Night Lights’ and ‘3 Nights in August,’ offered tips on how to turn the numbers of college sports into a [...]
These classroom videos are from Reynolds Week 2010, Day 4 lectures. The videos are captured by automated equipment in the classroom and are unedited. You can fast-forward through breaks and there is a notation after each VIDEO link that points out when in the video the lecture begins.
Click on the link and then click on [...]
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Age: 56
Home: Dexter, Mich.
What I do: Editorial director for Global Auto Systems, content provider for Edmunds.com/Inside Line/News
Previous life: Detroit News auto columnist
My brand: Global news coverage with emphasis on emerging markets
Hours worked per week: 60
Annual sales: Sorry. Proprietary info.
What I wish I had known when I started: That it really didn’t matter how much time [...]
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Age: 48
Home: Charlotte, N.C.
What I do: Publish and edit Qcitymetro.com, an online news site for African Americans in the Charlotte, N.C., region.
Previous life: Last job was deputy managing editor at The Charlotte Observer. Was a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer and St. Petersburg Times. Was business reporter, Africa correspondent, [...]
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Home: Peekskill, N.Y.
What I do: Mostly read and report on SEC files, but some other stuff, too.
Previous life: Reporter for daily newspapers
My brand: footnoted.org
Hours worked per week: Lots
Annual sales: Thankfully, I’m not a public company, so I don’t have to disclose this.
What I wish I had known when I started: A bit more coding
Best business [...]
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Age: 28
Home: Richmond, Va.
What I do: Run a business news Web site in Richmond
Previous life: Led backpacking trips after college, then started writing for weekly newspapers, then dailies.
My brand: www.richmondbizsense.com and Dyno Media (which helps some other small newspapers do the same thing)
Hours worked per week: 65ish
Annual sales: $160,000
What I wish I had known when [...]
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Age: My agent suggests I not say.
Home: New York City.
What I do: Freelance as journalist in radio, TV and print.
Previous life: Left a full-time job at NY1 News 3 years ago to freelance.
My brand: Julie Walker
Hours worked per week: Varies … could be as little as 20 or as much as 60.
Annual [...]
Host Rene Gutel talks to Jay Rosen, a journalism professor at New York University, about his latest project, newassignment.net, an experiment in open-sourced reporting where professional journalists collaborate with contributors. (Produced by Carol Legg)
