ProfNet Experts Available on Financial Resolutions, Stock Market, Fake News

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Below are experts from the ProfNet network who are available to discuss timely issues in your coverage area.

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Before the Ball Drops, Set Your Financial Resolutions for a Brighter 2017
• Stock Market, Economic and Sector Growth
• The Popularity of Fake News Sites

MEDIA JOBS

• Reporter – Law360
• Food Editor – The Culture Trip
• Reporter – Citywire Americas

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• 10 Ways to Captivate Your Audience With Instagram Stories
• Blog Profiles: Food Blogs
• Say Goodbye to Bad Writing: Habits to Kick in 2017

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Before the Ball Drops, Set Your Financial Resolutions for a Brighter 2017
Ken Hevert
Senior Vice President of Retirement
Fidelity Investments
"The start of a new year is the perfect time to review your financial plan. Even if you don't like making specific resolutions, you can still resolve to identify financial areas that might need some improvement and make some smart financial moves before Dec. 31."
Hevert can speak to the findings from Fidelity's eighth annual New Year Financial Resolutions study (to be released Dec. 13), which reveals that many Americans are in better financial shape this year and predict their future will be bright in 2017. He can also discuss the benefits of setting both long-term and short-term savings goals; the hazards of being unprepared for whatever 2017 throws your way; and the top financial resolutions, the advantages of setting them and what to do to make them stick.
Contact: Julia B. Mellon, [email protected]

Stock Market, Economic and Sector Growth
Todd Sheldon
Author, "Turbulent Money"
"There are three major things that have distorted sector performance in the business cycle: central banks, market manipulation, and corruption. I believe Trump will bring it back in line with sectors matching the late cycle."
Sheldon's expertise includes topics such as: various American ventures that will be unequivocally affected following Trump's rise to presidency; how Brexit and U.S. elections affect U.S. equity and foreign exchange markets; how higher home loan rates affect housing recuperation; healthcare issues -- we will lose advances in medicine if research companies are unable to recoup the nearly $1 billion an FDA post-approval costs.
Website: https://www.turbulentmoney.com/about/?v=7516fd43adaa
Contact: Adrienne Mazzone, [email protected]

The Popularity of Fake News Sites
Michael Longinow, Ph.D.
Professor of Journalism, Print Journalism Advisor
Biola University
"When a man from another state walks into a restaurant in Washington, D.C., with an automatic weapon based on a fake news story, we see in real time why fake news needs a remedy. The best journalists lament fake news reports because they know how hard real reporting really is -- the background research, comparative data analysis, chasing down authoritative sources for interviews. But deep down, thinking people know the difference. It's sort of like the difference between a greasy burger and a perfectly seasoned steak. Yes, they're both food. But they're not the same kind of meal."
With a Ph.D. in news-editorial journalism, Longinow is able to speak to the vetting and smoking out of fake news sites. During his early days as a reporter, Longinow freelanced for the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, as well as smaller weeklies in metro Chicago. As a full-time reporter for small dailies in Illinois and Georgia in the mid-1980s, Longinow covered the 1988 Democratic National Convention, the home district of U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich, environmental issues, police news, the courts, civil rights, and urban planning. Longinow's reporting on racial inequities in one Georgia county's voting patterns helped change that government's structure.
Website: https://www.biola.edu/
Contact: Jenna Loumagne, [email protected]

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MEDIA JOBS:

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• Reporter – Law360
• Food Editor – The Culture Trip
• Reporter – Citywire Americas

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line.

• 10 WAYS TO CAPTIVATE YOUR AUDIENCE WITH INSTAGRAM STORIES. Instagram is broadening its appeal to Snapchat lovers with its installment of Instagram Stories. The new feature is great for bloggers, Insta-celebs and media alike, allowing for additional ways to push out content. If you're looking for ways to further engage your audience, here are some tips to grow your brand and audience through Instagram Stories: http://bit.ly/2hlUaHe
• BLOG PROFILES: FOOD BLOGS. Each week, PR Newswire's Audience Research team selects an industry/subject and a handful of blogs that do a good job with contributing to the conversation. This week, they look at food blogs (yum!): http://prn.to/2hFa2Ea
• SAY GOODBYE TO BAD WRITING: HABITS TO KICK IN 2017. To combat writer's block, just start writing. Sounds simple, right? It's much easier said than done. For 2017, we decided to tackle bad (and good!) writing habits -- from the no-brainers to the must-do's. Here's what we came up with: http://bit.ly/2hw8Kis

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