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
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, 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
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 […]
McGraw Center accepting fellowship applications
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism provides experienced journalists with grants up to $15,000 and the editorial support needed to produce deeply reported enterprise and investigative stories that delve into critical economic, financial or business issues across a wide array of subjects. You don’t need to be a business reporter to apply; many of […]
SABEW selects 25 journalists for Goldschmidt program
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing selected 25 business journalists for the 2024 Goldschmidt Fellowship data immersion workshop taking place March 3-7 in Washington, D.C. During the five-day program, the fellows will interact with representatives from governmental and non-governmental agencies that produce the data that business journalists use every day. These sessions expand […]
Economics workshop offered for biz reporters in Chicago
The Concordia Free Enterprise Center, Economics Wisconsin, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago invite you to attend the Economics for Opinion Leaders: Journalists & Media Professionals program being held Feb. 4-6 in Chicago. All members of the media are encouraged to apply for this award- winning educational seminar. There will be an opening reception […]
