The Reynolds Center has announced its 2008 fall workshop schedule.
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The Reynolds Center has opened registration for select 2008 free online seminars.
Topics include:
*Intermediate Business Journalism
*Covering Private Companies
*Business Journalism Boot Camp
Tuesday is that spot in the week where one must be ready to react to news, but also put in some near-term story planning.
Washington and the stock markets provided plenty of wire news today. The Fed upped interest rates by a quarter-point and indicated it may slow future increases. The Dow responded with a 130-point rally. The Fed will be on Page One tomorrow and the Dow will lead the business page.
It was a busy day for local business news, as well. A nasty fight over a labor contract between the UFW and Gallo in Sonoma County moved to Sacramento where some workers are demanding that disputed decertification ballots be counted. We started working that story mid-morning. Other stories on the page include the de-funding of local film production promotion and a feature on the region's mail distribution center.
And what about that near-term planning? Tuesday is set aside for a weekend planning meeting among senior and section editors. In the works for the weekend business sections are stories on a spurt of technology spending by local hospitals and the growing use of alternative packaging for wine, such as screw caps and boxes.
And if that is not enough, a six-month-old project on the local impacts of globalization and outsourcing is taking shape toward publication and will require meetings and editing in the weeks ahead. In addition, some time was set aside to make an initial review of some local job creation data and to process some photos from an overseas stringer. Progress, anyway.
Before the day is out, the Thursday centerpiece has been nailed down and other stories for Thursday and Friday have been budgeted. Reporters were asked to search their beats for stories with art that could be done in the next 48 to 72 hours. Meanwhile, we are continuing to develop stories on the impact of oil prices on gasoline costs, as well as the progress of local negotiations with local grocery clerks.
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