Reporter turned event planner?
Hardly.
We had about 60 people attend at Plant Zero last week when we put on a business journalism panel discussion. And in what I believe to be a good sign, many of the attendees stayed until after the presentation to ask more questions.
One of the points I mentioned was that a business seeking national exposure may first want to try the local scene. It’ll be a nice warm-up/trial run, and if it’s an exciting enough business, reporters will email one another.
I just heard from a Richmond-based business writer who was on our panel. Phaedra Hise will be interviewing and writing about Vinci Pro, a company we profiled here, in an upcoming issue of Fortune Small Business. Lots of our stories end up on CBS 6 and occasionally we correspond with reporters from the Wall Street Journal.
So I guess that makes us like the minor leagues. Wait, that’s not the sort of thing you’re supposed to say about yourself.
Aaron Kremer is the BizSense editor. Please send news tips to Editor@richmondbizsense.com.
