Apply for fellowship to attend Wharton program
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 […]
Leckey named Fulbright scholar, to teach in China next year
The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced the selection of professor Andrew Leckey of Arizona State University as a Fulbright Scholar to China for the 2014 spring term. He will teach business journalism at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. Leckey is the Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of […]
Sloan named first Ratner visiting business journalist
Baruch College’s Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions announced the launch of the Ratner Distinguished Visiting Business Journalist Program, which will start in Fall 2013 with Fortune senior editor Allan Sloan. The Ratner Visiting Business Journalist Program, created with a gift from Forest City Ratner Cos., the real estate developer, and Bruce Ratner, will […]
New fellowship for biz journalist who wants to get a doctorate
A new fellowship that will allow a business journalist to earn a doctorate degree is being offered by the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications, thanks to a $500,000 gift from a Carolina alumnus. The Baldwin Business and Financial Graduate Fellowship for Business Journalists is valued at more than $70,000 per […]
Knight-Bagehot fellows named for 2013-14
Ten Knight-Bagehot Fellows in economics and business journalism have been named by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for the 2013-2014 academic year. They include journalists from The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, American Banker, The Morning Call, National Journal and other news organizations in Washington, D.C., China, Nepal and Ghana. “These journalists represent […]
Chinese biz program looking for director
The Global Business Journalism program at Tsinghua University is seeking a director starting in the fall semester of 2013. The ideal candidate would be a university professor with extensive professional experience as a business journalist plus administrative experience and responsibilities. China experience and Chinese language are a plus but not a requirement. The program is […]
Oklahoma, Cal State-Fullerton to receive visiting biz journalism professors
Journalism programs at the University of Oklahoma and California State University, Fullerton will receive visiting business journalism professors next spring under an Arizona State University program funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. This is the third year the foundation has funded business journalism professors at universities to encourage development of stronger business journalism education. […]
TCU creates business journalism certificate
The Texas Christian University Schieffer School of Journalism has created a business journalism certificate program for students beginning in fall 2013. The driving factors for creating the certificates were the availability of jobs in the areas and the need for subject-based certificates, in addition to certificates based on media platforms, John Lumpkin, director of the […]
How to kick butt in business journalism
Business Insider executive editor Joe Weisenthal and deputy editor Nicholas Carlson recently gave college students advice on how to be a great business journalist, reports Dan Reimold of PBS MediaShift. Here is some of their advice: 8. Test Story Ideas on Twitter During his portion of the talk, Weisenthal confirmed what his 40,000 Twitter followers […]
Biz journalism prof files suit against Columbia
Sylvia Nasar, a business journalism professor at Columbia University, has filed a lawsuit against the university for misdirecting funds in her professorship, reports Christine Haughney of the New York Times. Haughney writes, “The suit, filed in State Supreme Court in New York, also claims that Nicholas Lemann, the dean of the journalism school, ‘intimidated and […]
