Category Archives: Business

#YDR2012: Read the tweets from high schoolers attending Thursday’s journalism workshop

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Lauren Boyer

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Dating coaches? CPAs? Reporter Lauren Boyer discusses weekly live chats

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Lauren Boyer

At 10 a.m. each Friday, I’ve been holding live chats with different business professionals. Anything from the White Rose Matchmaker to a local CPA firm. I’m trying to gauge what works. I’m also trying to figure out ways to use … Continue reading →

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How social media helped me get the story

Posted on April 17, 2012 by ashley wislock

Sometimes we miss things on first glance. Maybe we weren’t looking in the right place, or we weren’t using the right tools. Either way, sometimes it helps to step back and have someone else do a look-over. That’s precisely what … Continue reading →

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Learning about York County one coffee at a time

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Brittany Wilson

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I walked into Macklin’s Cupcakes & Coffee in York Township early this morning. There I met Barry Ness, a man passionate about motorcycles and local politics. He taught me a little bit about … Continue reading →

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Staff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Sarah Chain

To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer posts with each journalist will run on Mondays. This morning, meet business editor and Weekly Record editor Cathy Hirko. Just last week she was … Continue reading →

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A visit to Wolf

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Scott Fisher

Editor Jim McClure, reporter Lauren Boyer, photographer Kate Penn and I visited Wolf building products’ facility on West Market Street today to hear a presentation on the company’s new business model from chairman and CEO Tom Wolf. He’s excited about … Continue reading →

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A visit from Rutter’s president Scott Hartman

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Scott Fisher

If he weren’t president of Rutter’s Farm Stores, Scott Hartman would make a good college professor or high school teacher. Give him a marker and a white board and watch him go to town diagramming the gasoline supply system in … Continue reading →

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York reader’s paywall perspective sparks subscription debate

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Randy Parker

A terrific dialogue has ensued in a recent post I made here at the YDR Insider. It’s exactly the type of conversation we were looking for when we launched this blog site. I shared an email exchange I had with … Continue reading →

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What can we learn from a fortune cookie?

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Randy Parker

This was in my fortune cookie at lunch today: Prosperity belongs to those who can learn new things the fastest. Amen, brother.

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A reader offers ydr.com advice on the paywall

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Randy Parker

Sometimes people just complain. But once in a while, people who have a complaint offer real, tangible options to consider. This happened recently when I received an email titled “You’ve lost a reader.” The woman who wrote this said it … Continue reading →

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