Winning Standards, Despite Challenges

By Amy Florence Fischbach2009 Awards Competition Chair Publications are still meeting their readers’ needs for useful, timely, and in-depth information. The 2009 Print Azbees prove it. Despite the challenges of working with streamlined staffs and fewer resources, award-winning … read more

Nominate Entries for the Barlett & Steele Awards

Who produced the best investigative business journalism in the past year? You tell us. The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is accepting submissions for the annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism. The … read more

New Media Tips

By Maureen Alley During my five years in business-to-business trade, I’ve learned a great deal about niche marketing and writing. I’ve also learned a great deal about magazine production. Additionally, I’ve learned I have a huge passion for … read more

NPF Offers Fellowships to Biz Journalists

The National Press Foundation is offering two all-expense-paid fellowships to working print and broadcast journalists for the annual “Wharton Seminar for Business Journalists,” that takes place this October at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in … read more

Staying Positive in Tough Times

By Elena Gontar The recession continues and, for some firms, things are not getting better. Most recently, I have been let go from my position as a news writer and editor for one of the leading commercial real … read more

First Kill All the Bloggers?

By Steven RollASBPE President If you see a blogger on a bicycle, why should you swerve to avoid hitting him? It might be your bicycle! What do you call 100 bloggers buried up to their necks in sand? … read more

Value-Added Blogging

By Tonie AuerDFW Chapter President. I’m on a few different email distribution lists and sometimes I get useful information and other times, I’m simply hitting delete. More often than not, I don’t have time to read them. The … read more

Facing the Pressures of Reporting

By Maureen Alley A well-respected retired Chicago journalist spoke to my journalism graduate class the other night. His passion in reporting and researching important stories for his readers was hard to miss. From the start of his discussion, … read more

Unemployed? Here’s a Tip

The headline says it all: “support.com to Laid-Off Journalists: ‘We’ve Got Your Back’ ” Looks like support.com hopes to get in the good graces of laid off journalists, so when they go back to work, they’ll sing their … read more