Friday, January 26, 2007

Former Globe reporter joins Joplin Tri-State Business

Because of its targeted readership, the success of Joplin Tri-State Business has been largely overlooked.
The newspaper, which began in 2006 and is a sister publication of Springfield Business Journal, has delivered the goods, consistently scooping the Joplin Globe on business-related stories and announced in its Jan. 15-28 edition that it will increase its staff from four to six this year.
The newspaper has received strong reporting from its editor, former Joplin Globe reporter Jeff Wells, and former Springfield News-Leader reporter Matt Wagner. As of Feb. 5, former Globe and Carthage Press reporter Chris Roberts, who most recently has been working for GateHouse Media, will join the staff.
The Globe is still on top of the mountain, but its challengers are carving out their own chunks of readership. Joplin Tri-State Business, using its own pages and the Springfield Business Journal website, has made a name for itself with extensive business coverage and with its scoops.
The Joplin Daily is beginning to show more consistency and is having some success at playing the good cop to the Globe's bad cop.
New Globe Editor Carol Stark has her work cut out for her.
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:31 AM

    Wagner is actually a Springfield Business Journal Reporter.

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  2. Randy3:53 PM

    You are right. The ability to use reporters and resources from the Springfield Business Journal is another reason why Joplin Tri-State Business has been able make journalistic inroads so quickly.

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  3. Anonymous8:39 AM

    Wasn't Chris Roberts fired from the Globe for plagiarism? Is that really the best the Joplin Tri-State Business can find?

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  4. Anonymous12:21 PM

    There seems to be no lack of young, unexperienced, self-indulgent "journalists" in ourlittle corner of the world.

    Yes, he probably is the best they can find. Experienced people already have jobs (mortgages, cars, etx.) or have retired at "The Globe."

    Some of them only write about one or two stories a month. Must be nice.

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  5. Anonymous6:33 AM

    Wow!

    I want a job where I can write 1-2 stories a month and get paid full time. In my last staff writer job, I had to write minimum three stories a day and take a photo or two.

    Freelance can be so rewarding :)

    Now, I decide when I want to work. Though, sometimes the pickup needs some gas :(

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