The best way to get things done is to rule authoritatively. Demand and conquer. The best way to save money is to cut back, cut back, cut back. Always do more with less. You can create a trim, powerful, successful, lean and mean and impactful organization. But what happens when no one wants to work [...]

It’s all about alternative revenue. Newspapers, large and small, have served for generations as a gateway for providing information about the deaths of loved ones. Without any real numbers to back this up, it sure seems that unlike things like job listings and other classifieds, obit profits haven’t been eaten away nearly as much. When [...]

Updated: 3/9/09 at 8:56 p.m. Newspapers and many magazines don’t cover freelance expenses, like telephone calls. What gives? Doing some quick math – and the 15 cents per minute phone call I use from my cell-phone plan to charge those publications that do accept my charges – I expect to spend at the very least [...]

What is writing, reporting and editing worth to you? Everyone says he didn’t get into journalism to be rich – particularly not the print field – but rather it’s what he wants to do. But when you really face the numbers it may seem even more daunting. Number of Views:377

With some business reporting background, I really should have a better, more fuller grasp on the complexities of what caused today’s growing financial meltdown. But lots of smart people are having trouble understanding. For the Philadelphia Business Journal in April, I put together an interesting Q&A on the mortgage crisis with E. Robert Levy, the [...]