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 […]
Scholarship created to honor biz journalist Ward
The (Nashville) Tennessean, Tennessee State University and other organizations have partnered to create a new scholarship in the name of the late Getahn Ward, a business reporter at the paper who died this past weekend. Joey Garrison of The Tennessean writes, “The Getahn Ward Memorial Scholarship, announced Thursday, will be awarded to a journalism student each year […]
South Carolina seeks business journalism professor
South Carolina’s leading journalism school seeks an innovator and proven leader to head its growing business and financial journalism initiative. The School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina invites applications for the Baldwin Business and Financial Chair in Journalism. We are interested in candidates with a national/international reputation and a […]
City University of London seeks professor of financial journalism
City University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location. City attracts around 19,500 students (35% postgraduate), is top in London for student satisfaction (Complete University Guide), well above the sector average for graduate employability in most subjects and […]
NPR senior biz editor Geewax to teach at Georgia
Marilyn Geewax, a senior business editor at NPR, will serve as an Industry Fellow with the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership during the spring 2018 semester at the University of Georgia. Geewax, who has worked for NPR since 2008, will present six open lectures during the semester and will […]
Columbia University seeks director for Knight-Bagehot program
Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism (www.journalism.columbia.edu) is currently seeking a professor of Journalism (rank and track to be determined), who will also serve as Director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Program in Economics and Business Journalism. As a member of our full-time faculty, the incumbent will also oversee what has become the preeminent academic year-long […]
Columbia University seeks professor of business journalism
Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism (www.journalism.columbia.edu) is currently seeking a professor of Journalism (rank and track to be determined), who would lead the Business concentration of our Master of Arts program. The successful incumbent would be an accomplished journalist and thought leader who is able to take advantage of the University’s location in the […]
Knight-Bagehot program accepting applications for 2018-19
The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 academic year. The program offers qualified journalists the opportunity to enhance their understanding and knowledge of business, economics and finance in a yearlong, full-time program administered by the Journalism School. Fellows take […]
Deadline’s Lieberman leaving to become professor
Deadline Hollywood executive editor David Lieberman is leaving the entertainment industry news website to become a professor. Lieberman is leaving Deadline on Sept. 22 to become an associate professor in the graduate media management program at The New School. “It’s been an exhilarating ride in the 6 1/2 years since I moved from USA Today,” […]
Former InsideBiz editor joins Hampton faculty
Butch Maier, who was editor of business publication Inside Business for the past two years, has joined the Hampton University faculty as an assistant professor and will teach a business journalism course. The course will teach students how to cover a business beat, how to use the Bloomberg terminal, and how to follow the money. […]
