Penn State seeks visiting biz journalism professor
The Pennsylvania State University will host a visiting business journalism professor in spring 2015 under an Arizona State University program funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. This is the fourth year the foundation has funded business journalism professors at universities to encourage development of stronger business journalism education. The $1.67 million grant is administered […]
Why journalism schools should teach tech reporting
Tech journalist David Cohn writes for The Poynter Institute about why journalism schools should have technology reporting classes. Cohn writes, “Technology isn’t something students should learn because ‘it’s the future.’ Students can learn about technology because it will be their beat and they want to be good reporters. When students aren’t even paying attention, they’ll […]
Reynolds Center to offer online certificate in business journalism
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University is offering the first online graduate certificate in business journalism through the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. Starting in August 2014, the Cronkite School will offer a five-course, 15-credit-hour certificate taught entirely online by experienced journalists. The online program […]
A biz journalist who is humble, caring and a friend who now teaches
Amal Rockn of The Daily Titan at Cal State-Fullerton profiles former Bloomberg News journalist Joe Winski, who is teaching business journalism as a Reynolds Visiting professor at the university. Rockn writes, “John McCorry, executive editor of the New York bureau for Bloomberg, worked with him from the mid-1990s until the end of his career in […]
Business editors: Most journalism graduates unprepared to cover business, economics
More than half of business editors surveyed find graduating journalism students unprepared to cover business news, according to research from a Missouri State University professor published in Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. The survey queried more than 240 business editors across the country, and received 73 responses. Of those that responded, 50.8 percent said that […]
Reynolds Center executive director Austin leaving for APME
Linda Austin, the executive director of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism for the past five years, has resigned to become project manager of APME’s NewsTrain. Austin writes, “The change fits with a shift in my personal life. I am moving back east, where I am starting an international training consultancy. Stay […]
Wharton to hold one-day workshop for business journalists
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania will hold a one-day workshop in Washington, D.C., on March 11 for business journalists. The free program, will feature sessions by Wharton professors Mark Pauly and Robert Inman on The Affordable Care Act and fiscal policy and economic growth. The program will be held on March 11 […]
McGraw Center to focus on long-form, in-depth stories
Jane Sasseen’s investigative business and economic stories have been featured in publications such as BusinessWeek and Yahoo News. At her newest job, she’ll help journalists write their own long-form business pieces. Sasseen became the executive director of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism at City University of New York three weeks ago. […]
Ex-NY Times and CNN biz reporters named Arizona State visiting professors
A former New York Times senior business correspondent and a former CNN Wall Street correspondent will be the Donald W. Reynolds Visiting Professors in Business Journalism for the spring semester at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Former Times airline and auto industry reporter Micheline Maynard and former […]
NYTimes biz columnist Carr to teach a Boston U.
David Carr, who writes a column on the media for the Monday business section of The New York Times, has accepted a job teaching at Boston University. He will continue to write for the Times. Marcella Bombardieri of the Boston Globe writes, “Like Mayor Thomas M. Menino, also about to join the BU faculty, Carr […]
