Day 2 - "Finding Personal Finance Angles on Any Beat"

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Melissa Preddy presents "Finding Personal Finance Angles on Any Beat," a Webinar for business journalists hosted by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. For more information, visit BusinessJournalism.org.

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Tuesday, May 11

Show them the Money!

Finding personal financeangles on any beat

Big piece of art

To readers, nothing is sexier than a dollar sign!

The $even Dimensions of Personal Finance

The $even Dimensions of Personal Finance

Earning

Spending

Borrowing

Saving

Investing

Taxes

Risk Management

Resources for learning about personal finance topics

Here’s a look at some reputable Web sites you can use to learn about various personal finance topics.

Caveat: There is a lot of self-interest and very little objectivity in the PF realm ~ stay on the alert for bias and question credentials constantly.

Personal finance basics Morningstar.com self-paced tutorial

http://www.morningstar.com/cover/classroom.html

Personal finance basics MyMoney.gov

http://www.mymoney.gov/

Personal finance basics Jumpstart Coalition

http://www.jumpstart.org/

Earning Bureau of Labor Stats.

Trade groups do wage and benefit surveys

Unions / labor contracts

Staffing firms

Payscale.com

Small business orgs.

Spending Extension.org

State extension sites

Books

Blogs

12-step groups

(see handout for suggestions)

Borrowing Bankrate.com

CreditCards.com

National Foundation for Credit Counseling

Federal Trade CommissionFair Debt Collection Practices etc.

SavingBankrate.com, againFederal Reserve SavingsBonds.gov (Treasury

Direct)

InvestingFINRA foundationInvestment cos. CFP.net North American Securities Admin.Beware ‘financial advisers’ !!

Taxes IRS Publication 17 National Assoc of Enrolled Agents CCH Inc. Am. Petroleum Instittue – motor fuel taxes State regulators – excise, sales, income,

property

Risk management Nat’l Assoc. of Insurance Commissioners

FPANet.org / Journal of Financial Planning

Nat’l Assoc. of Estate Planners & Councils

SS Administration

Wiserwomen.org / Women’s Institute for

a Secure Retirement

Consumer Reports / Consumers Union

The $even Dimensions of Personal Finance

Wednesday: Brainstorming personal finance angles from current events and residential real estate

Thursday: Health care and transportation

Friday: Financial services and personal finance storytelling

Please feel free to e-mail me with additional questions at MPreddy@aol.com.

Show them the money! Finding personal finance angles on any beat

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