Episode #16 The State of Freight with Grace Sharkey, FreightWaves Staff Writer and Host of SiriusXM's Drive Time

The Transportation & Logistics Clubhouse welcomes staff writer extraordinaire, Grace Sharkey, of FreightWaves to discuss the current state of freight. 12.15.2021 Powered by ⁠Atlanta Dispatch LLC For Dispatching Services: www.atlantadispatch.org Podcast Website: transportationandlogistics.club Join our newsletter: transportationandlogistics.club/newsletter Learn how to dispatch: Physical Book Copy: transportationandlogistics.club/amazon eBook: https://books2read.com/u/4jqlzX Stay updated with our happenings: https://linktr.ee/transportationandlogistics?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=601f8834-e86c-4ff1-a555-2d9ff17f1735Listen on Youtube: https://youtu.be/nWD7pjEDtB4 Intro/Outro Music Shoutout: Positive Hip-Hop by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/0:00 Intro 2:10 Background and job description 5:40 Pocast career 8:12 Staff writing for FreightWaves and number of articles written for FreightWaves 10:50 Criteria for choosing topics in FreightWaves 14:50 Discovering passion for wwriting 20:54 Experience at Fifth Wheel and lessons learnt that shaped her career today 26:06 Importance of good inter- personal relationship skills and honesty 38:19 Companies that are making waves 48:14 Project 44. How they are leading in innovativness in providing real time insights on cargo location 54:24 Decline of some popular carrier companies, reasons for their bankruptcy and why it is important to diversify portfolio 1:04:38 Appreciation 1:05:48 How to contact her on her social media handles 1;11:48 Questions and answers- Is there a certain amount of articles Grace should write in a given time frame 1:13:52 Are the people who review her articles been in the industry longer 1:16:51 Does FreightWaves ever issue any retractions? 1:20:38 Has FreightWaves ever been invited to major networks to air their views 1:25:28 Advice from the guest on writing 1:27:12 Closing remarks 1:29:24 Outro