ICFJ offers online financial journalism course
The International Center for Journalists will offer two online courses in English and Spanish on covering marketing concepts such as how to plan for retirement, understanding your 401k, stock and bond markets, mutual funds and private and public companies, among others. These courses will be available to U.S. journalists who report in minority communities. The […]
Missouri J school planning online biz news service
A business news service is under development at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and the online publication could launch as early as June. Jacob Barker of the Columbia Daily Tribune writes, “Randall Smith, a journalism professor at MU, has been raising money for the project since the fall, he said, and he hopes […]
Columbia names new Knight-Bagehot fellows
Ten Knight-Bagehot Fellows in economics and business journalism have been named by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for the 2012-2013 academic year. They include journalists from The Detroit News, Bloomberg Businessweek, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, CNBC-TV18 in Mumbai, Bloomberg Television and Michigan Public Radio. The mid-career fellowships provide full tuition and a living stipend […]
Using social media to find biz stories
Everybody’s using social media, but where in the billions of status updates and tweets can a journalist find solid sources and important stories? The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is holding a conference call later this month for business journalists who need help in untangling the social media maze. Spend an hour listening […]
UNC student studying relationship between biz journalists and sources
My name is Victoria Stilwell, a senior economics and journalism double-major at UNC-Chapel Hill. As a student journalist of four years, I’ve become familiar with the complexities of source relations, especially in the field of business journalism. To help elucidate these relationships, I’m conducting a research study, “Business journalists and their sources: An overview of […]
ICFJ expands China business journalism program
The International Center for Journalists is expanding its pioneering Global Business Journalism Program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. A $125,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the nation’s leading journalism funder, will help the center expand the program’s student body, deepen its curriculum and create new partnerships. Launched in 2007, the […]
Columnist group names scholarship after WSJ’s Zaslow
Columnists, indeed journalists and all of America, lost a strong voice with the death on Feb. 10 of Jeffrey Zaslow, best-selling author and “Moving On” columnist of The Wall Street Journal. The National Society of Newspaper Columnists Education Foundation now honors Zaslow by naming its scholarship program after him. The Jeff Zaslow College Columnist Award […]
MBAs for business journalists
Menachem Wecker of U.S. News & World Report writes Wednesday about how MBA students may be attracted to careers in business journalists. Wecker writes, “An M.B.A. degree could also make a candidate more attractive to a business editor, but writing skills will always be the most important credential, Selvin says. ‘I’m a huge advocate for […]
Knight-Bagehot program accepting applications
The Knight-Bagehot business journalism program at the Journalism School at Columbia University is now accepting applications. The deadline to apply is March 1. The fellowship is open to full-time editorial employees of newspapers, magazines, wire services, and broadcast news organizations as well as to freelance journalists. Applicants must have at least four years’ experience. There […]
Reynolds Center offering two $1,000 scholarships to SABEW conference
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism will award two $1,000 fellowships to attend the annual conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in Indianapolis March 15-17. The competition is open to full-time journalists who want to attend the center’s free training before and during the conference, as well as […]
