Biz journalism professor LaRoche departing UNC
Michelle LaRoche, who has been teaching business journalism classes at UNC-Chapel Hill, is leaving at the end of the academic year. Before UNC-CH, she was the Baldwin Chair in Business and Financial Journalism at the University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications, and earned a master’s degree at Harvard University’s Graduate School […]
Dow Jones News Fund names biz journalism interns
The Dow Jones News Fund has named the following students as recipients of business journalism interns for the Summer of 2026. American City Business Journals – Dow Jones News Fund Business Reporting Program May 30 – June 6 | New York City Kendal Asbury, University of Central Florida, Orlando Business Journal Nishanth Bhargava, University of […]
WSJ’s Torry named Nieman Fellow
Wall Street Journal reporter Harriet Torry has been named a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University for the 2026-27 academic year. Torry, a Houston-based U.S. economics correspondent for The Journal, will study the forces shaping labor-market outcomes, especially for women and with particular attention to the gender pay gap, in an era of profound technological change. Previously she […]
Three receive Rago Fellowship at WSJ
The Fund for American Studies and The Wall Street Journal announced Wednesday that Moira Gleason, Anatoly Grablevsky and Adam Pack are the three recipients of the 2026 Joseph Rago Memorial Fellowships for Excellence in Journalism. This class marks only the second time since the Fellowship was founded in 2018 that three recipients have been selected. Gleason is a […]
Knight-Bagehot program seeks executive director
The Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University invites applications for the position of Executive Director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Program in Economics and Business Journalism. The Executive Director oversees the preeminent fellowship for mid-career journalists devoted to the study of business and economics. Recipients of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowships receive full tuition for a year […]
AP tech reporter, Business Insider editor named Knight fellows
An Associated Press technology reporter and the deputy editor of defense coverage for Business Insider have been selected for The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. All the fellows will be in Cambridge studying at MIT and other leading research universities in the Boston area. They’ll also attend seminars by leading scientists and storytellers, take […]
National Press Foundation selects 35 for biz journalism workshop
The National Press Foundation has selected 35 journalists from across the country to participate in the 2026 Local Business Journalism Fellowship. Fellows will travel to Washington, D.C., April 26-29, and have exclusive briefings with economists, small business owners and other experts. This four-day training will give the local reporters the opportunity to dive into […]
SABEW selects 15 Goldschmidt fellows
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing selected 15 business journalists for the 2026 Goldschmidt Fellowship data immersion workshop taking place April 12-16 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 […]
National Press Club holding biz journalism event
Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute on April 7 at noon ET for its second virtual Career Office Hour of 2026 — focused on how journalists can build careers and thrive in business and industry-focused newsrooms. Maya Earls, deputy team lead for the environment and energy team at Bloomberg Law, and Thai Phi Le, senior managing […]
Forbes partners with Howard comm school
Forbes is partnering with the Journalism Program in the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University to create a direct pathway for one Howard journalism student to join the Forbes newsroom each year, reports Ali Jackson-Jolley of Forbes. Jackson-Jolley writes, “The selected student will work alongside reporters and editors covering business, wealth and leadership—and will […]
