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Curt Hazlett
Former Managing Editor, Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram

Tips to Make Numbers Your Best Friend

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Numbers are the business journalist's best friend, and how we employ them in our stories is crucial to success. Here are four tips for using them well...

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Make Sense of Numbers in Writing About Business

Monday, December 05, 2005

My first few years as a business reporter and editor produced countless opportunities to screw up numbers in stories, and as often as not, I seized them.

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Business Profiles Open Windows

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Done properly, profiles can open a window into your beat's most interesting businesses and the people who run them. They can put a human face onto some of the most sweeping and complex topics we cover, like global economics.

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Annual Meetings Can Be Valuable Tools for Journalists

Monday, March 28, 2005

Anyone who’s covered a few of them knows that annual meetings can be exercises in exasperation.

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Business Reporters Get Edge in Hedge Fund Coverage

Monday, November 15, 2004

The SEC voted Oct. 26 to require hedge fund advisers to register under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and to provide basic information about who they are and whether they’ve ever been disciplined.

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Energy Coverage Heats Up as Crude Prices Rise to Record Levels

Thursday, August 19, 2004

It’s hard to imagine a story with more global reach and more local impact than the price of oil.

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Jobs Play Critical Economic Role

Thursday, July 08, 2004

No number has a higher profile than the jobless rate, seen by many as a monthly barometer of the economy's direction.

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How newspapers can leverage advertising as a readership tool

Thursday, June 03, 2004

Advertising – its look, its location and its usefulness to readers – can have a crucial bearing on the success of readership efforts, and its impact is just beginning to be noticed.

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Business Trade Publications Offer Great Resources

Thursday, May 27, 2004

No matter what you cover, there is probably a trade publication that’s breaking a story you should have had.

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Copy editors: act as the readers' advocate

Thursday, January 29, 2004

Copy editors these days have a bigger role than ever in making stories better, so here are four habits to avoid when delving into copy.
UPDATE: Editors weigh in on Curt Hazlett's musings on the state of copy editing.

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D.C. is next stop on commuter newspaper free-for-all

Friday, August 01, 2003

The Washington Post is about to become the latest in a series of North American newspapers to give away papers aimed primarily at young non-readers.

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By the Bay, getting rid of the gray

Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Curt Hazlett takes a look at the process API's Phil Nesbitt went through when redesigning two small weekly papers located on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The key, Nesbitt says, is "understanding who the customer is."

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Every newsroom should have an emergency plan

Wednesday, March 05, 2003

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Post-Sept. 11, reporting with 'a different sensibility'

Sunday, September 01, 2002

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Boom time for media? Not yet

Friday, March 01, 2002

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Four things production execs need to do in the event of a crisis story

Thursday, September 20, 2001

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Ten things newspapers should do

Monday, September 17, 2001

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Think now about a preparedness plan for your newsroom

Friday, September 14, 2001

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From one production department’s viewpoint: Good communication is the key

Friday, September 14, 2001

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In Pittsburgh … Advertising’s view: People must get along

Friday, September 14, 2001

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