"15 Business Story Ideas to Jump on Now"

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Jodi Schneider presents "15 Business Story Ideas to Jump on Now" at a free business journalism workshop, "Covering Business on Tribal Lands," hosted by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalists and the Native American Journalists Association. For more information about free training for business journalists, please visit businessjournalism.org.

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15 Business Story Ideas toJump on Now

By Jodi Schneider

1) Economic recovery in your community.  

2) The costs of housing

 

3) Banking and lending

 

4) Fallout from the foreclosure crisis

 

5) Consumer spending

 

6) Food prices

 

7) Employment and joblessness.

 

8) Community programs and grassroots efforts to address joblessness and homelessness 

9) Community-redevelopment efforts

 

10) Health care

 

11) Entrepreneurialism

 

12) Stimulus efforts

 

13) Women-owned businesses

14) Teaching young people about basic economics and personal finance 

15) Tourism spending