Jodi’s Journal

Jodi’s Journal: The end of an on-air era

Congratulations to a local broadcasting legend as Bill Zortman logs off the air later this week after a 60-year career.

2 weeks ago

Jodi’s Journal: A sign of the consumer spending times?

Gas prices are climbing as the crucial fourth quarter begins for businesses. In this week’s column, Jodi takes a look at how the consumer could be responding.

1 month ago

Jodi’s Journal: When your town lacks Trader Joe’s, entrepreneurialism emerges

Meet the one-woman personal shopper/shuttle for Sioux Falls-area customers desperate for their favorite products from Trader Joe’s.

1 month ago

Jodi’s Journal: Weighing the price of data privacy

In a week of discussion over who’s watching us on the road, Jodi considers how data privacy questions could land next in the workplace.

2 months ago

Jodi’s Journal: The emergence of the AI ‘cleanup crew’

This Labor Day weekend, Jodi puts words to what many of us might be experiencing in the workplace: The role of the AI cleanup crew.

2 months ago

Jodi’s Journal: Lincoln County’s sales tax wake-up call

As they voted to bring the sales tax rate up to as much as 7 percent, Lincoln County commissioners taught a lesson about a different sort of cost this week

2 months ago

Jodi’s Journal: Health systems’ investments create broader opportunity in central Sioux Falls

“It would be a markedly different city had Avera Health and Sanford Health not chosen to grow their campuses in central Sioux Falls.”

3 months ago

Jodi’s Journal: Generation Alpha and the summer of squishies

The youngest generation of consumers is speaking — and beginning to enter the workplace. What Gen Alpha’s viral toy moment shows about the broader way to engage them.

3 months ago

Jodi’s Journal: ‘I’d rather keep the cornfield’

In a week that brought plenty of retail excitement to the east side, Jodi also found this cornfield counterpoint that serves as a broader call to action.

3 months ago

Jodi’s Journal: The Sanford Sioux Falls story

“Dream with me.” In one of Denny Sanford’s final messages, Jodi captures what he meant to the story of Sioux Falls.

4 months ago

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