South Carolina seeks business journalism professor
The School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina is inviting applications for the Baldwin Business and Financial Chair in Journalism. We are interested in candidates with a national / international reputation and a record of professional achievements and expertise in both business journalism and the business of journalism and mass communications. […]
Knight-Bagehot applications now being accepted
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is now accepting applications for Knight-Bagehot Fellowships in Economics & Business Journalism for the 2017-2018 academic year. The program provides full tuition and a living stipend of $60,000. The fellowship is open to full-time editorial employees of newspapers, magazines, wire services, digital media and broadcast news organizations as […]
How a student-run business news wire got started
The North Carolina Business News Wire is a new service from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Media and Journalism that is being operated by some of its business journalism students. A story on MediaShift states, “The stories will be distributed in a daily email to media across the state, and media will be free to […]
Wharton Seminars now accepting applications
The Wharton School is inviting business journalists to apply for the Penn Wharton Public Policy Scholarship which will allow up to five business reporters who cover aspects of public policy either domestically or internationally to attend the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists flagship program in Philadelphia this year. Each scholarship covers the cost of tuition, course […]
NYU’s entering class of business journalism students
The following students have been admitted into New York University’s business and economics reporting master’s program beginning this fall: Nayla Al-Mamlouk graduated in December of 2015 with a B.A. in economics from Wellesley College. Yinan Che graduated from Shanghai International Studies University in June 2016 with a B.A. degree in international journalism. Aaron Coleman graduated […]
Wharton to hold biz journalism seminar on June 1 in San Francisco
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists will hold a free, one-day seminar in San Francisco on June 1. The seminar will take place at Wharton | San Francisco Hills Plaza, 2 Harrison Street, sixth floor. Registration is required to attend this free seminar, and the deadline to register is May 24. The seminar application can […]
Pennsylvania college to offer business journalism major
Thiel College in Pennsylvania will launch a business and financial journalism major this fall, according to an article in the Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator. The Vindicator story states, “The new offering is a cooperative program between the Department of Media, Communication and Public Relations and the Arthur McGonigal Department of Business Administration and Accounting. “The joint […]
Bloomberg Businessweek to stop ranking undergrad B schools
John Byrne of PoetsandQuants.com reports that Bloomberg Businessweek has decided to stop ranking undergraduate business schools. Byrne reports, “The announcement was made in an email from Bloomberg Businessweek staffer Francesca Levy. Levy, editor of what Bloomberg calls Game Plan, did not provide a reason for the cutback. But the magazine lost its experienced team of journalists […]
Knight-Bagehot program names 2016-17 fellows
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism announced 10 Knight Bagehot Fellows in economics and business journalism for the 2016-2017 academic year. They include journalists from APM’s Marketplace, Bloomberg News, Business Insider, CNBC, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. The mid-career fellowships provide full tuition and a living stipend of $55,000 for experienced […]
Arkansas hires biz journalist Wells to teach
The University of Arkansas has hired business journalist Rob Wells to teach in the Lemke Department of Journalism in Fayetteville as an assistant professor. Wells will teach data journalism and develop some new courses for the department. This fall, he is tentatively scheduled to teach a new data journalism course that he is creating as […]
