Boning up on bankruptcy coverage
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is offering a conference call next Wednesday, June 25, for business journalists to ask questions from bankruptcy court experts on where to look for stories. Difficult economic conditions have left many corporations, small businesses and families turning to the bankruptcy courts for relief. Good stories abound for […]
Business journalism and the movies
Allen Wastler, the managing editor of CNBC.com, writes Thursday that he often uses movies to explain complicated business journalism topics. I like his use of commodity trading using the Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd movie “Trading Places” because I have used the same when teaching about commodities markets. Wastler writes, “In financial journalism, you often have […]
Knight-Bagehot fellows named at Columbia
Ten Knight-Bagehot fellows in economics and business journalism have been named by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for the 2008-2009 academic year. They include journalists from The Miami Herald, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Associated Press and Dow Jones Newswires. The mid-career fellowships provide full tuition and a […]
Want to teach business journalism in China?
The International Center for Journalists invites applications for two one-year teaching positions at a global business journalism program at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, beginning Sept. 1, 2008. Taught in English, the program will target 20-25 students each year from China and other countries. The program will train students how to cover the fast-changing world of […]
Biz journalist conference call on exec pay held
A panel of expert journalists and a compensation consultant gave more than 100 business reporters useful advice on how to figure out CEO pay, pensions and severance in a training teleconference Wednesday sponsored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. The 90-minute conference, accompanied by a Web-based presentation of key points and sample […]
Eight business journalism scholarships awarded
Eight university students from around the country who have shown promise in the field of business journalism were today awarded $4,000 scholarships from the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. After being nominated by a faculty member on the basis of achievements, each student wrote a theme and provided published works to indicate […]
Why a business journalism class rocks
A business journalism student at Baruch College in New York writes on his blog about his first experience with the Bloomberg terminal. He wrote, “We had to be at Bloomberg News at 8:45 AM (I.E. I had to get up at 6 AM) for my Business Journalism class, that was the part that sucked. “The […]
SABEW to hold conference call on executive pay
A new proxy season is looming, and both journalists and companies are dealing with the SEC’s revised rules for corporate disclosure of how and how much top executives are paid. To help member business reporters get the details and get them right, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers will sponsor a 90-minute conference […]
Business journalism internship winners named
Seven students from universities across the country have been selected for 10-week business journalism internships at major publications in summer 2008, the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism announced Tuesday. The students were selected by the host publications in conjunction with the Reynolds Center, which funds the internships designed to help improve the […]
Former WSJ executive named Knight chair
Penelope Muse Abernathy, a former executive at The Wall Street Journal, has been named the Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her appointment takes effect July 1. As an executive, Abernathy launched new enterprises and helped increase revenue at some of the nation’s most […]
