McGraw Center seeks fall fellowship applications

Are you a journalist with a great idea for a high-impact story that “Follows the Money,” but few resources to get it done? The McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism would like to hear from you. The McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism, an initiative of the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, is designed to support high-impact […]

Wharton program for biz journalists invites applicants

The Wharton School is pleased to invite business journalists to apply for the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists flagship program, held on Wharton’s Philadelphia campus. There are several funding opportunities available for journalists, including an all-expenses-paid fellowship for U.S.-based journalists offered by the National Press Foundation. View the program agenda here. The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, led by the […]

McGraw Center gives fellowships to four journalists

Four veteran journalists have been named the latest recipients of the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism. Each of the winning projects will receive a grant of up to $15,000. The new McGraw Fellows will explore subjects ranging from labor conditions in California’s agriculture sector and the housing crisis in Montana’s Indian Country, to the impact of […]

Forbes names 2024 HBCU scholars

The Forbes HBCU Scholars program (formerly called Forbes Fellows) began in 2020 in partnership with Morehouse College, with the first cohort introduced in summer 2021. The program places HBCU students and graduates into the Forbes newsroom each summer, creating a pipeline for students of color to enter the journalism industry. This year’s scholars are: Asia […]

Chicago Sun-Times biz editor Hudson chosen for ProPublica training

Subrina Hudson

Chicago Sun-Times business editor Subrina Hudson has been selected as a participant in ProPublica’s investigative editor training program. Participants will undergo a five-day intensive editing boot camp in New York, with courses and panel discussions led by ProPublica’s senior editors. After the boot camp, participants will gather virtually every two months for continuing development seminars and […]

WSJ’s Libetti named Nieman Fellow

Robert Libetti

  Robert Libetti, an executive producer for The Wall Street Journal where he leads video investigations and documentaries, has been named a Nieman Fellow. He will study the intersection of open-source research, traditional journalism and documentary filmmaking. Libetti’s team has produced video investigations about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, TikTok’s algorithm, and the war in […]

Dow Jones News Fund names Summer 24 biz reporting interns

The Dow Jones News Fund has named 31 students as business reporting interns for the Summer of 2024. The business reporting program continues to be the News Fund’s largest. American University will host 10 business reporting interns in Washington, D.C. The training will focus on the intersection of business and government regulations, covering topics such as the […]

WSJ names Rago fellows

The Fund for American Studies and The Wall Street Journal announced that Jillian Lederman and Luke Lyman as the two recipients of the 2024 Joseph Rago Memorial Fellowship for Excellence in Journalism. The Fellowships are being awarded to two outstanding individuals for the first time since its creation in 2018. Previously, the award was given […]

Columbia names 24-25 Bagehots

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Columbia Journalism School announced Wednesday 10 Knight-Bagehot Fellows in Economics and Business Journalism for the 2024-2025 academic year. The mid-career fellowships are offered to experienced journalists who take graduate courses, primarily at Columbia’s Schools of Business and Journalism. Fellows also attend weekly seminars with media and business executives and tech, finance and corporate experts during […]

Wharton to hold virtual program for business journalists

The Wharton School is inviting business journalists to apply for the next virtual Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists program. The April 2024 program will feature Wharton professors Susan Wachter, Michael Roberts, David Musto and Christina Skinner, who will present on “Mortgages, Markets, and More: The Future of Housing,” “Unraveling the Missteps of Financial Literacy and the Premature Promise of AI,” “Market Dynamics: Navigating the Causes […]