Let’s Get Down to Business

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So the theme of our group for the NY Times Project was Business. Since all the members of our group are eager to pursue careers in the field of Business, we saw it appropriate to build our blog post around our prospective field. All of our posts revolved around different aspects of business, whether they be stocks, investments, settlements , or finance. The New York Times was simply rife with information regarding the economy and finance, making the decision to choose business as our theme a no brainer.

Our editor, Abigail, divided the work evenly. My individual task was to post two articles in reference to our decided theme. The articles I chose were about the shift in investments since the recession from stocks to private equity and the recent landmark settlement JP Morgan Chase made with the Justice Department due to their dubious practices leading up to the recession. I chose to center my selected articles around the recession because it has directly shaped our current economy. There is so much we can learn from the mistakes prior to the recession, such as the loan practices Chase had employed, as well as analyzing how our market has changed post recession, such as the recent turn towards private equity and away from stocks and bonds.

News literacy is highly essential in today’s environment. Awareness of current events is crucial  for our lives moving forward. We need to be wary of whats going on around us in order to make informed decisions. Due to this project, the Newstand in my iPhone is no longer empty and at any given time my backpack is always housing a newspaper and an issue of Times Magazine.