How Dow 10,000 hits home

For tips on how to localize the Dow's intraday high of more than 10,000, check out this tipsheet from Melissa Preddy, our "Your Daily Tipsheet" blogger.

According to The Wall Street Journal: "The measure hasn't traded at that level since Oct. 7, 2008, and hasn't closed above 10,000 since Oct. 3, 2008. It first closed above 10,000 on March 29, 1999, at 10,006.78."

Both Intel and J.P. Morgan Chase reported strong earnings today.

Calling Treasury market experts

Are you an expert on the Treasury market?
This job is not for those interested in producing financial spreadsheets, but for applicants that can analyze and report on the market's trading activity.
A market data provider is seeking a writer/reporter/analyst to join its staff. Their ideal candidate has worked in the Treasury market in trading or sales, or has reported on the Treasury market."In-depth knowledge of the Treasury cash and futures markets and how they operate is a must, as is having reliable, easily accessible and approachable sources."
Check out the job posting here.

Texas paper seeks biz reporter

The Waco Tribune-Herald is searching for an experienced business reporter who can dig up stories, spot trends and lead comprehensive coverage.
Applicants should have three years of business reporting experience and clips that display in-depth work, and excellent writing skills.
The paper is located in central Texas. To learn more about this job click here.

Black and white and thinner all over

The amazing shrinking newspaper.

The Tribune newspapers are moving to a 44-inch web which translates to an 11-inch broadsheet page. 11 inches.

The Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times are soon to be less than a foot-wide.

The industry norm lately has been 12 inches, down from an industry standard of 13.5 inches until just a few years ago.

So, 13.5 minues 11 inches. 1.5 inches along the length of 21 inches. That's losing a solid story on every page.

How much of that loss comes from the business sections? How many business sections have lost a day a week or even two? Is your work going online anyway or are you being asked to write less?

Planet Money internship: Nov. 15 deadline

Internships are available at Planet Money and lots of other departments at NPR. And the deadline to apply is coming more quickly than you think.

NPR Internships.

Scroll down to the Planet Money info:

This internship is based in New York. Assists with researching stories for Planet Money’s podcast and radio reports, creates original content for the Planet Money blog, maintains data bases and external contacts, and performs routine administrative tasks as well. Must have excellent writing, researching and analytic skills, and the ability to work independently, quickly and accurately under deadline pressure. Knowledge of basic principles of economics and finance preferred. Web skills essential, including knowledge of HTML tags, blogging software such as Moveable Type. Experience with other tools, like Photoshop preferred. Please submit writing samples.

While you're there, check out the Social Media desk internship.

Good luck.

Bloomberg wins bidding for BusinessWeek

Bloomberg L.P., the financial-media behemoth founded by New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, has won the bidding for BusinessWeek magazine.

The New York Times Media Decoder blog says the purchase signals a broadening of ambitions for Bloomberg, long known for its comprehensive data terminals and financial audience.

BusinessWeek.com reports that "cash offer is in the $2 million to $5 million range and that it has agreed to assume liabilities, including potential severance payments. It remains to be seen how much of the magazine’s 400-plus staff Bloomberg plans to cut, but reports of a planned scorched earth campaign are overblown, say sources."

McGraw-Hill Cos., which has owned the magazine for 80 years, put it up for sale after it lost $43 million last year, according to The Times blog, which also reported:

"Late in the game, a consortium from Thomson Reuters and ZelnickMedia entered the bidding, according to reports. Thomson Reuters declined to comment on the report.

"Other bidders included OpenGate Capital, the private equity firm that bought TV Guide for $1 last year, and Mortimer B. Zuckerman, who withdrew from the bidding."

Portland Biz Journal seeks editor for new publication

The Portland Business Journal plans to launch Sustainable Business Oregon in January.
But first, the publication needs an editor who knows the Oregon business community and understands the intersection of sustainability and commerce.
A little about the job:

Sustainable Business Oregon will become the central hub for news, research, discussion and interaction at the intersection of sustainability and commerce. The editor of this hybrid electronic/print product will be responsible for managing content, driving strategy and engaging the business community.

Interested? Get more details here.

Lead biz health care coverage in St. Louis

Think you've got the experience to spearhead business coverage of a major medical hub in the Midwest? If you answered "yes," this might be the perfect job for you.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is hiring a reporter to lead its business health care coverage. The applicant will "break exclusive news both online and in print, cultivate compelling enterprise, help develop multi-media content and work within a collaborative, team environment with other health and business writers and editors."

This is a beat that stretches beyond typical hospital coverage. The reporter will keep an eye on the area's insurance stories, major health-care related companies and its top medical schools.

For more information click here.

Live blogging Friday: New Financial Rules, New President

We'll live blog our workshop in Chicago on Friday.
If you can't make the free workshop, stop by and follow some of the action at "Covering the 2009 Financial World: New Rules, New President."

On Twitter, we will use the hashtag #BizJ.

More Nieman Fellowships available

Nieman Fellowships in Art and Culture Reporting

It's not quite business, but arts criticism sometimes borders on business writing. Or, if anyone is thinking of branching out, there's money available:

Despite the growth in the arts and culture in recent years, news organizations are employing fewer full-time journalists to report on these topics. The consequence is that the public is offered fewer insights about the meaning of art in their lives, or how to understand or appreciate arts and culture.
With this fellowship, the Nieman Foundation is attempting to address this challenge by educating Arts/Culture journalists with the purpose of influencing more comprehensive and informed arts coverage and, ultimately, greater public appreciation of the arts. Sponsored by the Harvard University Provost Office, the Nieman Fellowship in Arts and Culture Reporting is awarded to a United States journalist specializing in arts and culture reporting.

Check here for more information about Nieman Fellowships.

Niemanwatchdog.org offers ideas on covering the collapse

Niemanwatchdog.org is launching a project to help journalists do a better job of covering the economic collapse. As Barry Sussman, editor of the Nieman Watchdog Project, explains: "News organizations too often lose sight of the issues and focus on politics.... With some exceptions, that’s what has happened in covering the economic collapse. Thus, citizens and voters are consistently left with little sense of their own interests, or the country’s....

"In the coming weeks, we will be running articles by independent experts or interviews with them, pointing editors and reporters to basic issues and to questions they should ask."

The project kicks off with a piece by Henry Banta called “Doing a Better Job Coping with Economic Disaster” and an interview of economist James Galbraith by writer John Hanrahan.

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, through its Watchdog Project, "seeks to encourage more informed reporting by putting journalists in contact with authorities who can suggest appropriate, probing questions and who can serve as resources."

Be the Editor in Charge in New York

Thomson Reuters needs a full-time editor in charge in New York to lead its legal and restructuring teams in America, Canada and Latin America.
The editor will head coverage of business and economics, including the aftermath of the financial crisis, through different journalism teams. The selected applicant will oversee the planning and execution of large enterprise projects ranging from
depth coverage of a niche business sector to investigative reporting on financial scandal. The editor will also be responsible for developing an editorial relationship with Westlaw Business.
Applicants should have:

• A college degree or equivalent work experience.
• 7 years' experience at a major news organization.
  
• A background in financial news.
• Knowledge of financial accounting, legal affairs and editorial technology.
  
• Experience in leading journalism teams to produce breaking and in-depth news.
  
• Previous experience developing sources and breaking news.
• Multimedia production skills.
  
• The ability to collaborate long-distance.

Read more about the position and apply online here. The job posting expires on Oct. 22.

Soak in solar energy in California

Photon USA Corp. wants a full-time solar energy reporter to call its own in San Francisco.
The journalist will write for news magazine Photon International, covering the politics, architecture, technology and business issues in America's solar electricity industry.
The magazine is published around the world in multiple languages and owns its own testing laboratory. Photon offers its employees flexible working hours, vacation days and complimentary meals during the work day.
Candidates should have previous experience writing for a newspaper or other news organization. A degree in solar energy or previous experience in the solar energy are a plus when applying. Fluency in another language is also a benefit. Applicants should be able to work independently and be passionate about photovoltaics.
To apply, e-mail your cover letter, resume, desired salary range, earliest available work date and clips to Nadine Beccu at nadine.beccu@photon-magazine.us.

Learn more about the position here.

Chomp into the restaurant and beverage industry

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is seeking a full-time journalist in Georgia.
The reporter would cover the beverage and restaurant industry, focusing heavily on the Atlanta-based
Coca-Cola Co. and its subsidiary companies. The journalist will delve into many aspects of Coke, including:

• The company's new leadership.
• The challenges Coca-Cola faces as it globally expands.
• Coke's consumer marketing and marketing trends.
• Coca-Cola's corporate community involvement.
  
• The health debate over Coca-Cola and other sodas.
• Other beverage companies and their impact on Coke.
  

The journalist will also cover the restaurant industry through breaking news, features and trend stories. Atlanta-based national brands like Arby's, Chick-fil-A, Hooters, Popeyes, Waffle House and Wendy's will all be included in the writer's beat.
Applicants should have at least five years' experience as a business reporter for a major daily newspaper or similar organization and a background in breaking news. They should also be skilled in working in the print and digital sides of a publication and be adept in multimedia. Applicants with a college degree will be preferred in the application process.

Discover more about the job and apply online here.

Bloggers: FTC has new guidelines for endorsements

Are bloggers subject to the same conflict of interest standards as journalists? Is disclosure enough or should bloggers not take any sort of product in exchange for reviews. Are bloggers journalists?

The FTC is attempting to tackle some of these questions in their new Final Guides governing endorsements, testimonials.

The Guides, which were last updated in 1980, spell out how advertisers need to act to disclose connections between the company and people endorsing the product.

It will be the “material connections” segment of the new guidelines that will create most uproar among consumers who regularly endorse products.

The new guidelines include expamples of:

' "material connections" (sometimes payments or free products) between advertisers and endorsers – connections that consumers would not expect – must be disclosed. These examples address what constitutes an endorsement when the message is conveyed by bloggers or other “word-of-mouth” marketers.'

What do you think? No surprises here for business journalists, right?

Why LA's Rushfield is moving to Gawker

Former The L.A. Times entertainment editor Richard Rushfield has made the move to become West Coast editor of Gawker.

Hardly business journalism, you say? Well maybe it is. Entertainment in Los Angeles is pretty much the main industry. And his reasons for moving totally online reflect on the future of the news industry.

It's worth taking a look at Rushfield's reasons for moving from mainstream journalism to one of the web's most popular online only news, media, gossip and entertainment sites.

In a Q&A with Hillel Aron, writing for the Annenberg School of Journalism's Neon Tommy, Rushfield said:

"I've seen over the years that print is not what's driving the conversation anymore. It is the Internet, and Gawker is at the center of it."

Live blogging coming Monday: CUNY workshop

We'll live blog our workshop at CUNY on Monday: Covering the 2009 Reregulation of America.

On Twitter, we will use the hashtag #BizJ.

And you can comment on our site. Stop by at this link to see what's going on.

Aim for The Star-Tribune

The Star-Tribune wants an assistant managing business editor to add to its newsroom in Minnesota.
The editor will lead the business team of reporters and editors to produce breaking news, beat and trend coverage, projects and investigations for the business section, Page 1, other paper sections and the Web. The selected candidate will work with staff to create content and multimedia across multiple platforms. Job reviews, budgeting and spending will also be overseen by the editor.
Applicants should have a thorough understanding of business and previous leadership experience. They should also have a background in developing enterprise and strong collaborative ability.
To apply, e-mail your resume and a letter saying why you are the right candidate by Oct. 30 to Managing Editor for Operations Duchesne Drew at ddrew@startribune.com. You can also mail your application to:

Duchesne Drew
Managing Editor for Operations/Recruitment
Star Tribune
425 Portland Ave.
Minneapolis, MN, 55488

Click here to learn more about the job.

IMAGE CREDIT: twincities.bizjournals.com

Sweep up a job at TheStreet

The Street.com is looking for a senior editor to lead its technology news team in New York.
The senior editor leading will work in a real-time Internet news environment and oversee the delivery of in-depth reporting and analysis from reporters. He or she will also polish content, generate story ideas, distribute assignments and manage freelancers.
Applicants should have extensive experience with computers, software, telecommunication, personal technology and multimedia. Candidates should also have previous experience as both a reporter and editor.
To apply, e-mail your cover letter, resume and salary requirements to resumes@thestreet.com with "Tech Editor" in the subject line.

To learn more about becoming the senior editor of technology news, click here.

IMAGE CREDIT: thestreet.com

Cover gaming and tourism in Las Vegas

The Las Vegas Review-Journal is searching for a full-time business journalist in Nevada.
The journalist will primarily cover the gaming and tourism industry in Vegas. The reporter will also cover general business stories. The reporter will be expected to write thorough online stories and later update them for the Journal's Web site and print version.
Applicants should have at least five years' experience as a professional journalist and have experience writing breaking news, feature stories and blogs.
To apply, e-mail your resume and clips to Business Editor Michael Hiesiger at mhiesiger@reviewjournal.com or by mail to:

The Las Vegas Review Journal
1111 W. Bonanza Road
Las Vegas, NV 89125

Find out more about the position here.

Biz editor is Star Tribune’s first big post-bankruptcy loss

Eric Wieffering, assistant managing editor business and local news at the Star Tribune, told staff Wednesday that he’s leaving for a job in public relations.

As MinnPost.com reported, his departure is a big loss. "Wieffering was widely considered a sharp ex-reporter respected for his news judgment and managerial sanity," said MinnPost.com's David Brauer.

Wieffering is going to be a senior strategist for the Minneapolis-based Haberman firm. He promises he will not be pitching former colleagues stories or "banging out press releases.",

More info here, I'm sure: Wieffering's LinkedIn page.

Temple's lessons from the Rocky's demise

Gone but not forgotten.

John Temple, former editor, president and publisher of the Rocky Mountain News, kicked off the UC Berkeley Media Technology Summit at Googleplex (the company's headquarters) in Silicon Valley on Wednesday.

Here is the full text of what he said about lessons from the Rocky Mountain News.

It is a long speech, but worth the time it takes to read it. Here's the nut graph:

So, why did the Rocky disappear? Looking back now on that difficult day, the word that stands out in Boehne’s statement is “newspaper.” As one former Scripps executive told me in talking about what has happened to the newspaper industry, words that I think apply to the Rocky, “We had all the advantages and let it slip away. We couldn’t give up the idea that we were newspaper companies.”

For more of John Temple, follow him daily on Twitter: @JTEMPLERMN

He's continuing a blow-by-blow from the invitation-only Media Technology Summit.

J-Lab is looking for an Editorial Director

Passing along a couple of postings we see:

Poynter: J-Lab is looking for an Editorial Director.

JournalismJobs has it too.

Small granted funded center focused on new media seeks an Editorial Director with strong interviewing, writing, and copy editing skills (AP Stylebook) to report on developments in citizen media, participatory media and interactive journalism.

This is a vital and high profile position within the center and key responsibilities will be copying editing, building relationships with grantees, networking to attract new grantees, vetting grant proposals and award applicants, and assisting the center’s Web Editor with web content.

This is a permanent, full time (40-hour week) position that will require occasional travel. This employer offers an excellent benefits package. Relocation not provided.

Interested candidates should email a resume and cover letter to Kathy Lavinder at klavinder@siplacement.com.

Pen economic news for Kiplinger Washington Editors

Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. is looking for a full-time economics reporter in Washington D.C.
The reporter will cover the U.S. business and economy for Kiplinger's business newsletter and Web site.
To apply, mail your cover letter, resume and writing samples to:
Human Resources
The Kiplinger Letter
1729 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
human.resources@kiplinger.com
FAX: 202-496-1817

Learn more about the position here. Discover more on the company here.