What’s in your wallet … er, mobile device
At the shooting at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle Times reporters made heavy use of Twitter for news, updates and photos. But business writers need their mobile devices, too. Here are the apps I...
View ArticleHeaded to NLJGA in Chicago? Come say ‘hi!’
I am polishing off my Powerpoints and packing my business cards as I get ready to head to Chicago for the 2014 NLGJA Convention. If you’re in Chicago anyway or specifically coming for the convention,...
View ArticleAs earnings season looms, companies explore social media to reach investors
One of the many benefits the Reynolds Center offers business journalists is the opportunity to hear from peers across the country and around the globe; the center’s workshops, webinars and website are...
View ArticleHow to use Facebook’s Social Graph and Google Plus to crowdsource
By Walter Pacheco A business reporter on deadline a while back asked if I knew anyone who worked at a local Darden restaurant that she could interview for a story. I didn’t and she was in a crunch....
View ArticleSocial media: What is it good for?
I was always an early adopter. My first blog began in 1998, although I think the term is out of date for what are online columns. When social media came along, I signed right up. My experiences have...
View ArticleHealthcare, Snowden, side hustles: Learn by exploring Slideshare
If you don’t already spend time on Slideshare, you might check it out. Slideshare.net is a huge website where people share presentations – PowerPoints, documents, PDFs, videos and webinars. I know it’s...
View ArticleHow I learned to stop worrying and love Twitter
In the past, I’ve mostly used Twitter for two things: To promote my columns and blog posts, and to create a Twitter feed on subjects such as economics that was high quality to as to attract followers....
View ArticlePinterest: Why financial bloggers should be pinning their content
Personal finance writers should look to Pinterest as a powerful way to get more traffic, according to one blogger who has had phenomenal success with the platform. Pinterest, said Ruth Soukup of...
View ArticleJerry Seinfeld discovers the power of Facebook
As someone who loves cars, coffee, and laughs, I was an immediate pushover for Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. The Web series, which just kicked off its fifth season, features...
View ArticleMoxie: when the situation calls for bold and gutsy
Moxie. It’s an old-school word that either means a brand of soda or the sort of patois that brings to mind 1930s gangsters. For author John Baldoni, however, moxie means a decisive kind of management...
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