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Queries!
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Business and Finance
1) Youtube Experts (Anonymous)2) How to Manage Your Credit Card Bills During the Pandemic (FoxBusiness.com)
3) Need Aldi Employees (Current Or Former) To Talk About Annoying Customer Habits (INSIDER)
4) Is Your Industry Shrinking After the Pandemic? Here's When You Should Change Careers (InStyle)
5) CREDIT SQUEEZE-small business (The Associated Press)
6) Writing an article about the new 'adverse market fee' being rolled out by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (The Simple Dollar)
7) Lyft / Uber showdown in California (Engadget)
8) Mock Jurors (LegalExaminer.com)
9) Questions about managing finances during unemployment: academic sources only (MoneyGeek)
10) What are you doing to help New Yorkers pivot careers? (New York Post)
11) Sample message to like Facebook page (International Consulting)
12) Successful course creators (CourseMethod.com)
13) What Do Working Parents Need From Their Employers Right Now? (The Muse)
14) Businesses that have streamlined costs and managed to raise the salaries of employees during COVID (Anonymous)
15) Are you a small business owner that uses a social media management platform? (Biz2Credit)
16) Unclaimed Property - People Who Found and Claimed "Missing" Money (Major Personal Finance Site)
17) How remote work has changed company budgets this year (TechRepublic)
18) Article series - Working parents (The Enterprisers Project )
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Business and Finance
1) Summary: Youtube ExpertsCategory: Business and Finance
Email: query-b5ic@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Anonymous
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 22 August
Query:
I'm relaunching my Podcast show
https://pod.co/yeukai-business-show and I'm looking a Youtube
Experts to offer their insights on What Basic/practical steps
will help one person or business owner when using Youtube
channel. why Business Owner should market their business on
Youtube, how to Grow YouTube Channel, get more subscriber and
what content to post? As an entrepreneur myself I am very much
interested to know what inspires you to influence entrepreneurs
and how you are able to map out their businesses for them to
achieve their maximum potential.
Your story will be profiled in our website and other membership
site that will definitely drive more traffic to your site.
Requirements:
To be considered for the interview, please send the following
information in your pitch: 1) Short bio 2) Website and Social
Media URL with atleast 6k followers 3) atleast 5 years in the
field
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Name: Brian O'Connell FoxBusiness.com
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b60g@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: FoxBusiness.com
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 22 August
Query:
In this article, we're explaining how the coronavirus pandemic
has hurt many Americans not only health-wise, but with their
personal finances, too - especially with their credit card
debt..
To clarify the situation, we'll give readers good tips and
advice on how they can manage their credit card bills during the
pandemic.
These options can include but not be limited to:
1. A debt management plan 2. A request a change to credit terms
3. Consider which payments are a priority 4. Using a personal
loan to consolidate debt 5. Are zero percent credit cards a
viable option here?
Any help with broad topic and the above five points would be
appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Requirements:
Credit card experts, debt management experts, money management
experts, personal loan experts, people who have successfully
managed their credit card debt during the pandemic.
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Name: Sophia Mitrokostas INSIDER
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b65a@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: INSIDER
Deadline: 11:00 PM EST - 22 August
Query:
We're looking for current and former Aldi employees to share a
few things they think customers should never do in an Aldi
store. What customer habits or behaviors really irk you?
Each pitch should include at least *four* examples with at least
a couple *complete* sentences of explanation for each point.
Please include your comments in your pitch, along with how you
would like to be credited (name, credentials, website link).
The piece would be published on INSIDER and may appear on
Business Insider as well.
Deadline for HARO comment is August 22 at 11 p.m. EST. Thank you
in advance!
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Name: Jenna Birch InStyle
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b67g@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: InStyle
Deadline: 8:00 PM EST - 21 August
Query:
A woman in her mid-30s told me how intimidated she felt to make
the shift after more than a decade in the "wrong" unfulfilling
job. Although it's a scary time with a lot of economic turmoil,
a lot is changing post-pandemic -- and some industries are
likely to shrink or change (for a time or for good), like
hospitality, travel, events, even some forms of retail, etc. It
might be a good time to discuss making this change, whether
you're doing it out of need or because you finally want to take
the leap into a new field. We could discuss with experts if you
should go back to school, which industries might be hardest to
enter post-pandemic, how much money you should have saved before
you take the leap, how to gain experience in a new field, etc.
Requirements:
Career experts, economists, and other relevant sources: Please
send credentials and I'll be in touch!
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Name: Anne D'Innocenzio The Associated Press
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b67n@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: The Associated Press
Deadline: 10:00 AM EST - 21 August
Query:
I am working on a story about suppliers who are seeing their
credit insurance to protect themselves against lack of payment
from retailers pulled back or cut. Would love to talk to
suppliers and retailers. Are you afraid to ship orders now
because insurers won't insure you for the merchandise? What does
that mean for your businesses?
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Name: Eric Wilson-Edge The Simple Dollar
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b681@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: The Simple Dollar
Deadline: 8:00 AM PST - 21 August
Query:
I'm putting together a 1,000 word piece about the new adverse
market fees that will be assessed to customers starting
September 1. Here are my questions.
1. What is an adverse market fee? 2. Why is it being implented?
3. How will this impact people who are looking to purchase a new
home or who are looking to refinance a mortage? 4. Is there a
way to offset this fee, say by shopping around to get the lowest
possible interest rate?
Requirements:
Looking for someone with a background in mortgage loans and/or
banking.
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Name: Nicole Lee Engadget
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b686@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Engadget
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 20 August
Query:
I would like some expert commentary on the situation in
California as Lyft / Uber halt operations in the state as a
response to AB5. Some starter questions: 1/ What does AB5
require these companies to do? 2/ Why is it so hard for these
companies to comply with the law? 3/ The law was passed last
year, why did it take them almost a year to react? 4/ Any
thoughts on the franchising model that was proposed recently? 5/
Uber recently said it can't hire all of its drivers because it
would "take too long." Is this a valid reason? 6/ What now? Does
ride-hailing have a future in California? 7/ Some thoughts as to
the ballot measure proposition 22 and what that promises to fix.
Requirements:
Would definitely prefer expert analysts as well as those
well-versed in labor laws. Would prefer college/university law
professors as well as industry analysts.
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Name: Sheryl Nance-Nash Nance Nash LegalExaminer.com
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b68m@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: LegalExaminer.com
Deadline: 11:00 AM EST - 21 August
Query:
I want to hear from people who have served as mock jurors. What
was your experience? What did you learn? Did you love it, hate
it? How much money can one earn doing this? Also want to hear
from lawyers, who is your ideal mock juror, what type of people
make the best mock jurors and why? What qualities are essential
to be a good mock juror? Where do you find your pool of mock
jurors? Send me your thoughts.
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Name: Laura Dorwart MoneyGeek
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b68n@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: MoneyGeek
Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 21 August
Query:
Business school or economics professor to comment on managing
your money during unemployment by 8/21.
Requirements:
Responses by email to Q&A by EOD 8/21.
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Name: Virginia Backaitis New York Post
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b68p@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: New York Post
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 21 August
Query:
As we all know, workers in NYC and the surrounding areas have
lost jobs due to the pandemic and their industries/companies
going bust. This includes workers in entertainment, hospitality,
travel and tourism, retail and more. I am looking to speak to
employers who have hired people from these industries as well as
workers who are making/have made a change. I am also looking for
employers who are helping them pivot as well as schools who are
offering training leading to guaranteed jobs.
Requirements:
You must be withing 60 miles of NYC. Please send a detailed
pitch.
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Name: Yoann Bierling International Consulting
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b552@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: International Consulting
Deadline: 10:00 PM EST - 22 August
Query:
How do you get other people to like your Facebook page, what
would be your sample message to send via messenger invitation
when inviting your friends to like your page? Do you have a tip
to increase conversion from invitation message to page like?
Requirements:
Please share your story in ~200 words - one or two paragraph.
Include at your convenience your display name, headshot/icon URL
(no attachment), anchor text and URL, and max. 50 words bio for
credit. Feel free to include one of your Instagram post link for
illustration, and your FB, LinkedIn, Twitter social handles for
mention upon publication.
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Name: Lisa Parmley CourseMethod.com
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b63o@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: CourseMethod.com
Deadline: 9:00 PM EST - 29 August
Query:
We are looking to interview successful course creators to share
how they got started, the tools they use, and advice for those
who are new to the business. Please send the URL to your online
course/digital training in the pitch.
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Name: Leah Campbell The Muse
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b64h@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: The Muse
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 22 August
Query:
We're working on a story meant to help working parents get the
flexibility they may need from work right now, especially into
the long-term as the pandemic continues.
I would love to hear from employees who have already been
through this and can answer the following questions:
1. What type of business are you in?
2. What are the ages of your kids?
3. What struggles did you face balancing work and family life as
the pandemic continued on?
4. What struggles are you facing now?
5. What type of flexibility did you realize you needed from your
job in order to continue keeping up with your parenting
responsibilities?
6. How did you approach that conversation?
7. Who did you approach it with (HR or management)?
8. How did it go? What allowances (if any) were made?
9. Is there anything else you think our readers need to know on
this subject?
Requirements:
Working parents who have had to ask their companies for more
flexibility as the pandemic has dragged on.
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Category: Business and Finance
Email: query-b667@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Anonymous
Deadline: 7:00 PM GMT - 21 August
Query:
Looking for UK businesses that have managed to reduce their
outgoings by downsizing or getting rid of their office space,
and in turn have raised the salaries of some/all employees.
Requirements:
Must be a UK-based company.
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Name: Rae Cohen Biz2Credit
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b67m@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Biz2Credit
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 22 August
Query:
Are you a small business owner that uses a social media
management platform? How did you select the platform and what
functions does it fulfill? Has it improved your business'
marketing in a quantifiable way? How much does the platform
cost? Are you able to manage it through self service or do you
have to hire someone / an agency to do it for you?
Requirements:
Requesting responses only from small business owners who have
used social media management platforms, particularly those
marketing a product or service direct to consumer (not B2B). No
digital or marketing agencies please. No PR pitches please.
Written quotes will be considered and those that are helpful may
be linked and quoted! Thank you!
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Name: Margarette Burnette Major Personal Finance Site
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b687@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Major Personal Finance Site
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 21 August
Query:
Have you recently claimed and received funds that were
previously "unclaimed" from a state treasury department?
I need to interview a few people who have successfully claimed
missing money. How did you find out about the unclaimed funds?
What did you have to do to prove you're the rightful owner? How
long did it take to receive the funds or assets?
Requirements:
Note for HARO Editors ONLY: This query is for NerdWallet.com.
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Name: teena.maddox@cbsinteractive.com Maddox TechRepublic
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b688@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: TechRepublic
Deadline: 5:00 PM EST - 21 August
Query:
Seeking C-suite executives to talk about the changes they've
made to their budget this year due to more remote workers as a
result of the pandemic.
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Name: Carla Rudder The Enterprisers Project
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b68d@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: The Enterprisers Project
Deadline: 5:00 PM EST - 21 August
Query:
We are looking for contributors for a series in The Enterprisers
Project aimed at working parents and leaders who want to better
support the working parents on their teams. Examples of articles
that we'd like to include in this series are: How to be a better
leader for working parents; How to get the flexibility you need
without hurting your career; X ways to apply agile thinking to
family life; Tips and tools for managing the family calendar;
How working parents are redefining work/life balance during the
pandemic.
Requirements:
If you'd like to contribute as part of this series, please
respond with your name, title, company and the specific
angle/topic you'd like to write about.
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