Knight-Bagehot Fellows selected for 26-27
The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism announced Thursday its new class of ten fellows for the 2026-2027 academic year. The fellows represent local, national and global news organizations, including Bloomberg, Business Insider, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Financial Times, Fortune Magazine, USA Today Network, The Information, The News & Observer […]
Smith departing as director of Knight-Bagehot program
Robert Smith, the director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia University, is leaving after five years in that role. He and Jacob Goldstein have just launched a new podcast called “Business History” from Pushkin Industries. He will also be starting a series on international economics on “Planet Money” this summer. […]
W&L biz journalism professor Swasy is retiring
Reynolds business journalism professor Alecia Swasy is retiring from Washington & Lee University after teaching there for the past decade. Her last day at the Virginia-based university is June 30. Swasy said she plans to move to the Pittsburgh area to be closer to her extended family, including four sisters. She has started researching a […]
NPF sending two biz reporters to Wharton program
The National Press Foundation has awarded journalism fellowships for two reporters to attend the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists. Shannon Najmabadi of The Washington Post and Jorja Siemons of Bloomberg Tax will attend the Oct. 20-22, 2025, seminars in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania’s renowned Wharton School of Business. Najmabadi is a business reporter who reports on breaking news, […]
A business reporter headed back to the classroom to learn business
Nathan Rubbelke, a reporter for the St. Louis Business Journal, writes about entering the Knight-Bagehot program at Columbia University and what he hopes to learn. Rubbelke writes, “Beginning next week, I’ll be a member of the 2025-26 class of the Knight-Bagehot fellowship, which brings together 10 mid-career business journalists to strengthen their understanding of business concepts. As […]
South Carolina seeks a biz journalism professor
South Carolina’s leading journalism school seeks an innovator and proven leader to contribute to its growing business and financial journalism initiative. The School of Journalism and Mass Communications, housed in the College of Information and Communications at the University of South Carolina, invites applications for a nine-month professional-track faculty position as the Baldwin Teaching Fellow […]
WSJ’s Volz named Kiplinger fellow
Wall Street Journal reporter Dustin Volz has been named a fellow in The Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism at Ohio University. The journalists will be on campus March 24-28 and have residence at the Ohio University Inn while attending workshops on artificial intelligence in Schoonover Center and Alden Library. “This fellowship in AI produced a record […]
New fund to help Missouri biz journalism students
Family and friends of Randall Smith, the Donald W. Reynolds Endowed Chair in Business Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism, are raising money for a fund that will support the Missouri News Network’s digital business news outlet, Missouri Business Alert. Austin Fitzgerald of the School writes, “The fund will also help students access opportunities […]
Loyola of Maryland creates biz journalism minor
The economics and communication departments at Loyola of Maryland have created an interdisciplinary minor for business journalism. Abby Hill of The Greyhound writes, “As a part of the communication department, Professor Rob Terry teaches the business journalism course here at Loyola. Prof. Terry has worked at the Baltimore Business Journal, Washington Business Journal, and a business […]
CJF, Globe and Mail announce Black business journalism fellowship
The Canadian Journalism Foundation announced a new Black Business Journalism Fellowship, in partnership with The Globe and Mail. The CJF-Globe and Mail Black Business Journalism Fellowship is the latest expansion to the CJF’s Black Journalism Fellowship Program, launched in 2021 to amplify Black voices, improve coverage of Black issues in the news and cultivate future Black […]
