Columbia biz journalism professor wants nearly $1 million from university
Sylvia Nasar, who teaches business journalism at Columbia University, is seeking nearly $1 million in pay she claims she has not received from the university, writes Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo writes, “And in a summons served to the university this week, she’s seeking $923,000 and accusing the school of underpaying her from […]
Dow Jones News Fund seeks media for biz news internships
The Dow Jones News Fund is recruiting media and news organizations to hire 2013 summer interns for 10 weeks in its business reporting internship program. This is an opportunity for news organizations to hire great interns who have already been vetted by the Fund. Media outlets who want to enroll their own candidates in the […]
SABEW picks biz journalists for health care workshop
Seventeen business journalists from 11 states and the District of Columbia have been chosen as fellows for a special two-day education program on the business of health care, to be conducted by the Society of American Business Editors and sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund. The program will be held at Reuters headquarters at 3 Times […]
TheStreet.com’s internship video
TheStreet.com prepared a spoof video about how it attracts business journalism interns.
Reynolds Center names fellows
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalismhas selected 31 fellows – 16 journalists and 15 professors – for four days of intensive study in business journalism. The fellows will attend separate, all-expenses-paid seminars Jan. 2-5 at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix. Journalists in the Strictly […]
Knight-Bagehot program increases stipends
The Knight-Bagehot business journalism program at the Journalism School at Columbia University is now accepting applications and has increased the stipend to $55,000. It previously was $50,000. The fellowship is open to full-time editorial employees of newspapers, magazines, wire services, and broadcast news organizations as well as to freelance journalists. Applicants must have at least […]
New guidebook helps biz journalists cover corporate governance
A newly released new guidebook shows reporters how to better cover the business world and ways to spot trends in companies’ financial activities that could lead to more impactful stories. Daniel Guerra of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas writes, “Written by the International Center for Journalists and […]
SABEW accepting applications for business of health care seminar
Applications from journalists are now being accepted for a two-day fellowship program on the business aspects of health care. The Commonwealth Fund awarded a grant to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers to develop a two-day symposium in New York City. The session, which will be limited to 14 journalists selected through an […]
Tatge joins SABEW board
Mark Tatge, Eugene S. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at DePauw University, has been named to the Board of Governors of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. An association of business journalists, SABEW was formed in 1964 to promote superior coverage of business and economic events and issues. Tatge came to DePauw […]
Washington state paper to get biz news content from college students
Gordon Oliver, the business editor of The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash., writes about how the business section is now getting content from journalism students at nearby Clark College. Oliver writes, “Here’s our arrangement: The Independent’s writers will report and write business-related stories that will be of interest to readers of both newspapers. We’ll edit those […]
