Meet the newest journo in town
By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate
It isn’t unusual for a media critic to write about a long-time journalist who is retiring. It’s interesting...
CBJ wins 5 national awards
CBJ Editorial
The Corridor Business Journal, created to inform business and community leaders with a weekly newspaper as its flagship, marks its 17th year this...
Preventing another shutdown
CBJ EDITORIAL
With businesses continuing to reopen and the weather warm and sunny, the apex of the COVID-19 pandemic here in the Corridor can begin...
A survey worth your time
By Elliott Smith | Guest Column
It’s time to get counted, Iowa – the 2020 United States Census is underway. Every Iowan is being asked...
Finding the path to racial justice
CBJ Editorial
We appear to be at a seminal point in our nation’s understanding of race relations and diversity.
The horrific death of George Floyd at...
The 4 P’s of selling a business
By Scott Bushkie | Guest Column
Marketers will sometimes talk about the four P’s (product, placement, price, promotion) of selling. Known as the “marketing mix,”...
Kirkwood poised for more growth
CBJ Editorial
With the COVID-19 pandemic, institutions of higher education are facing some of the biggest challenges they have seen in generations.
Our higher education sector...
Another pillar threatened
CBJ Editorial
We have commented recently that several of the region’s major economic players have been impacted negatively by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the University...
Checking in on fact-checking outrage
By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate
Remember the first time that thing you were Googling suspiciously popped up in an internet ad just a...
Giving government grace
CBJ Editorial
Rarely do we defend government and its legislative or executive actions because all too often they generate unintended consequences or simply fail to...