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 [...]
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 [...]
Podcast: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]
Podcast: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]
Podcast: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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. [...]
Podcast: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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) [...]
Podcast: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]
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) [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Newsrooms around the country scrambled to cover General Motors’ bankruptcy announcement and the fallout. And eyes are still on Chrysler as it struggles. Today’s topic is how to get ahead of the big story. Host Rene Gutel talks to Julie Halpert, a journalist who covers the auto industry for outlets including Newsweekand the public radio program The Environment Report. [...]
