SABEW offers training in covering how biz and government intersect

Reporters who want to learn more about federal data and the business of government are invited to be part of special immersion training be conducted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in January. The weeklong session, Jan. 12-17, is thanks to a $50,000 donation from the Chicago-based Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Family […]

Learn how to read financial statements

Sageworks Inc., a North Carolina company that tracks private companies, is offering a training session later this month for business reporters on how to read financial statements. Sageworks chairman Brian Hamilton will lead this free webinar for journalists, focusing on how to analyze financial statements and find the “narrative” behind the numbers. This webinar will cover: […]

Bartlett names dean of CUNY J-School

Longtime business journalist Sarah Bartlett, who worked for the New York Times business desk and BusinessWeek, has been named the dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Kara Blomgarden-Smoke of the New York Observer has the email announcement from the outgoing dean, former BusinessWeek editor Stephen Shepard: Her selection follows a through search process […]

McGraw family funds biz journalism center at CUNY

With a $3 million gift from the Harold W. McGraw Jr. Family Foundation, the City University of New York’s graduate school of journalism will get a center for business journalism, reports Melanie Grayce West of The Wall Street Journal. West writes, “The Harold W. McGraw Jr. Center for Business Journalism at CUNY will create a […]

Reynolds Center offering fellowships for January seminar

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is offering 24 fellowships worth $1,500 each for intensive business journalism training in Phoenix Jan. 2 to Jan. 5. To learn how to ferret out stories in financial statements and SEC documents, apply for the Strictly Financials Seminar. Always wanted to teach? The Business Journalism Professors […]

Finalists named to replace CUNY dean

The former editor of Sports Illustrated, the creator of a religion news site, and the director of its urban reporting program are the finalists to be the next dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. The winner will replace Steve Shepard, the former BusinessWeek editor who was the founding dean. The CUNY Graduate School […]

Editor to governor: We understand your economic plan

John Drescher, the executive editor of The (Raleigh) News & Observer, writes Saturday in response to North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s comments earlier this week that journalists are not smart enough to understand his economic plan. Drescher writes, “The people elected McCrory in part because they believed he would assemble a good team, listen to […]

Database journalism training offered for biz journalists

The International Center for Journalists is offering an eight-week, online course for Spanish-speaking and English-speaking journalists working within the United States on how to find business and economics stories in data and using databases to find such stories. A new and growing body of expertise and digital tools – data journalism – can help business and financial […]

National Press Foundation offering Wharton biz journalism scholarships

Each year, the National Press Foundation offers two all-expense-paid fellowships to working print, online or broadcast journalists based in the U.S. for the annual October “Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists,” at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The fellowship includes full tuition, housing, most meals and round trip transportation. The seminars […]

Dunham hired to run Chinese biz journalism program

Rick Dunham, who has been working for the Houston Chronicle’s Washington bureau for the past six years, has been hired to run the graduate business journalism program in Tsinghua University in Beijing. In a Facebook post, Dunham wrote, “The Global Business Journalism program will reunite me with my friends and former Business Week colleagues Joyce […]