Tag Archives: 2009

Top posts of '09

Over at EconomyBeat, Jon’s put together a list of underperforming posts for the year. I’m a little tired of this whole ‘glass half empty’ thing, so while the top performing posts aren’t all good news (how could they be?), here’s a quick glimpse at some popular economy stories and projects from public media in 2009. [...]

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Holiday hardship

The holiday season is off to a rocky start, as many families have less money for gifts and travel. But things are starting to look up in some parts of the country, and even hard-hit areas are taking a glass-half-full approach to the new year. At WEKU in Kentucky, Charles Compton reports that maybe we’ve [...]

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Bird's eye view

The end of the year is fast approaching, and that’s when news organizations like to start looking back on the year that was. There are a few new projects taking a wider look at the economy and how it has changed, and they are using the web in unique ways to share data and stories. [...]

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