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How business journalists can level-up in the new year by “super serving” their audience

Promoting the importance of business journalism among journalism students, giving journalists tools to improve their business ...
The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism

No credit, no problem: Auto lender Tricolor’s broken promises to vulnerable customers

Over the past decade, lenders like Tricolor grew quickly due to investor appetite for high-yield debt and a narrative of ...
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In this edition of “How They Did It,” Ananya Bhargava interviews Megan Fan Munce and Susie Neilson about their recent award-winning investigation, “Burned.” This investigation highlights the systemic ...
BUSINESSJOURNALISM

Salary Survey

The Reynolds Center annual business journalist salary survey results. The 2025 survey is now closed. Stay tuned for the results to be published in June. If you would like to receive an invitation to ...
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“True crime” pays, but who pays and who gets the loot?

It’s not news that digital media is a brave new world. Where regulatory protections are concerned, it’s the Wild West. The resulting tensions have been demonstrated in conflicts over AI in the ...
BUSINESSJOURNALISM

How U.S. businesses profit from war worldwide

The U.S. spends hundreds of billions of dollars both domestically and internationally to advance U.S. interests, but some of the biggest beneficiaries are also some of the world’s largest corporations ...
BUSINESSJOURNALISM

Pulling pictures from social media: the do’s and don’ts

Journalists are increasingly dependent on pictures posted on social media from eyewitnesses. These images are copyrighted, and there are legal implications.
BUSINESSJOURNALISM

The big economic impact of black-owned small businesses

February is Black History Month, honoring the legacy of Black Americans and their vast contributions to American society. African Americans have contributed greatly to the fields of science, arts, ...
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The Oregonian exposes Google and Amazon’s massive water use for data centers

An aerial view of an Amazon data center in Boardman on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Photo by Dave Killen of The Oregonian When Google decided to build one of its data centers in The Dalles, Oregon, the ...
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Public-health focused investigations take top awards in the 19th annual Barlett and Steele Awards

The winners of the 19th Annual Barlett and Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism highlighted the variety of ways and the extent to which the public’s health is impacted – oftentimes ...
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Town and gown in Harlem: How gentrification hits black-owned businesses

Photo by Pixabay user Nbandr. The Ivy League is taking the A-train to Harlem after a court in 2010 upheld Columbia University’s plan to build a $6.3 billion satellite campus in the storied ...
BUSINESSJOURNALISM

Your Women’s History Month reading list

Each year the National Women’s History Alliance designates a theme for Women’s History Month, and this year’s theme, “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations,” celebrates the ...