Ceci Rodgers: Tackling Topics Through Financial Statements and Footnotes
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Northwestern University/Medill School of Journalism's Ceci Rodgers discusses how journalists can dig deeper into a company's financial records by understanding their financial statements and footnotes. The presentation was delivered at the 2011 ASBPE National Conference.
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Ceci Rodgers: Tackling Topics Through Financial Statements and Footnotes
- 1. Investigative Reporting: Tackling topics through financial statements, footnotes ASBPE National Conference Aug. 4, 2011, Chicago, IL Ceci Rodgers [email_address] Lecturer, Business and Economics Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism
Editor's Notes
- Techniques that can be helpful whether the story you want to tackle is based on data from company financial statements or based on a tip from a source.
- Federal corporate tax rate = 35 percent Illinois’ corporate income tax rate: 7 percent through 2014 (up from 4.8 percent) But actual or effective corporate tax rates are much different.
- Occupational licensing boards can tell you whether
- SEC: corporate filings, regulatory actions FASB: accounting standards, comment letters on proposed changes to standards, etc. FINRA: financial education and calculators: broker check, mutual fund analysis, etc. GSA: Fun stuff, including a procurement database, a list of private contractors. You can cross-check against campaign contributions;