Columbia hires Narisetti to run Knight-Bagehot program
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism has hired Raju Narisetti to run its Knight-Bagehot program for business journalists. He replaces Terri Thompson, who retired after running the program for 25 years. The Bagehot program for business journalists was started in 1975 by Steve Shepard, who went on to become editor of BusinessWeek magazine and the founding dean of […]
Wharton to hold session on future of business journalism
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalism will hold a panel on June 13 in New York on the future of business journalism. The speakers are Wall Street Journal deputy editor Matt Murray, Yahoo Finance editor Andrew Serwer and Fast Company editor Stephanie Mehta. The event celebrates 50 years of the Wharton Seminars. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at […]
What it’s like to be a Knight-Bagehot fellow
Portland Business Journal reporter Matthew Kish writes what it’s like to be a Knight-Bagehot fellow at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Kish writes, “The backbone of the program is a rigorous course of study. Bagehots basically get carte blanche at the registrar’s office. They can take classes in business, journalism, law or public […]
Kauffman Foundation gives nearly $200,000 to Missouri Business Alert
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has given a grant of nearly $200,000 to Missouri Business Alert, a business news service run by the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. With the $190,700 grant, students working for Missouri Business Alert will travel more to report on underreported business and entrepreneurial stories. The grant will pay for […]
LaRoche hired to teach business journalism at South Carolina
Former Wall Street Journal journalist Michelle LaRoche has been hired as the Baldwin Business and Financial Chair in Journalism at the University of South Carolina. She will join the faculty for the Fall 2018 semester. She has been at Harvard University for the past year working on a master’s degree in higher education. LaRoche was previously The Journal’s […]
Retiring Knight-Bagehot director Thompson honored
Terri Thompson, the longtime director of the Knight-Bagehot business journalism program at Columbia University, was honored Wednesday at a surprise retirement party. Thompson is retiring after 25 years of running the program, which has taught more than 200 mid-career business journalists. Steve Coll, dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, spoke at the event, […]
Columbia names new Knight-Bagehot fellows
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism announced Wednesday 10 Knight-Bagehot Fellows in economics and business journalism for the 2018-2019 academic year. They include journalists from Bloomberg, CNBC, The Denver Post, The New York Times, NPR, The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal. The mid-career fellowships provide full tuition and a living stipend of […]
Geewax steps down from full-time role covering biz for NPR
Marilyn Geewax, who had been a senior business editor at NPR in Washington, has moved to Atlanta and stepped down from full-time work. In a note to her co-workers on Feb. 28, Geewax wrote: “I will retire from the payroll lifestyle, and see what the gig economy is like! This transition began when I decided […]
Bloomberg opens training for Saudi journalists
Aspiring Saudi journalists are learning the ways of financial news via a training scheme set up by the Bloomberg news and information group in partnership with the MiSK Foundation, the Kingdom’s youth education and leadership body. Frank Kane of The Arab News writes, “The training course — designed to advance financial literacy in Saudi Arabia — […]
Wharton to hold workshop on funding and scaling startups
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, led by the Wharton School’s most prominent professors is holding a workshop in San Francisco in March on funding and scaling startups. This no-cost, one-day program will feature Wharton professor Gad Allon and adjunct professor David Wessels on “Scaling Firm Operations and How Firms Use Social Media to Leverage […]
