Penny is the Chief Content Officer for Melara Enterprises and Executive Editor of Baton Rouge Business Report. She has a passion for journalism that makes a difference, epic photography, engaging graphic design and platforms that provide new opportunities for storytelling. She is a national award-winning writer and editor with over three decades of experience in metro markets, including Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas and Baton Rouge. She manages the editorial team for Melara Enterprises that produces 225, inRegister, 10/12 Industry Report and Baton Rouge Business Report.

COMPANY NEWS

STAND ALONES COMPANY NEWS-Stand Alone.BASFTechAcademy.jpg, COMPANY NEWS-Category.BASFTechAcademy2.jpg A group of Ascension Parish high school students recently...

INBOX

ILLUSTRATION: iSTOCK 17551544 Can't stop the wind Saying "Candidates should be accurate" is like saying hurricanes...

CONTENTS

PUBLISHER'S VIEW 6 Xxxxxxx   STARTUP 8 The Big Story 9 Quotation Marks 10 Digital Business Report 12 Noteworthy 15 Voices 16 Reconnecting 17...

Baton Rouge-based Thinkstream likely must be sold or recapitalized, trustee says  

Although a federal bankruptcy trustee hasn’t yet decided how best to resolve Thinkstream’s financial...

Nicholson Drive developers square off over failed HUD financing

As developers Emanuel “Manny” Organek and Marc Blumberg begin work on River House—a mixed-use...

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19 COVER STORY   PUBLISHER'S VIEW 6 Xxxxxxx   STARTUP 8 The Big Story 9 Quotation Marks 10 Digital Business Report 12 Public...

COMPANY NEWS

1000 FEET CREDIT: Charles Breard Demolition began in July on the Tinseltown theater. The theater...

MOVING UP

STEPHEN DAVID BECK LSU Office of Research & Economic Development   JOANN LINVILLE Baton Rouge Community College   JINGYA WANG Mary...

News roundup: Calcasieu moves toward $257 million airport expansion … Louisiana labor force shrinks by 13,000 … The ‘New’ New Orleans is ‘whiter and...

This story has been updated since its original publication to include unemployment numbers from the Louisiana Workforce...

Fresh Kitchen opening second location at Willow Grove

This story has been revised since its original publication to clarify Fresh Kitchen's ownership. Exactly...