Reynolds biz journalism chair Timmermans on his plans
Jeffrey Timmermans has recently been named the Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Here he shares his vision for the Reynolds Center and his plans: Why is business journalism important? Why is an entire center dedicated to it? Business journalism is important to everyone’s life. […]
NYU business and economics reporting program names incoming class
The business and economics reporting master’s program at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute has named its incoming class. They are: Anniek Yunxin Bao graduated from the University of Sydney in 2020 with a B.A. in Media and Communications while also majoring in Sociology. After graduation, Anniek worked at the Reuters Beijing bureau as […]
WSJ reporter Chapman to cover education
Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Chapman is now covering the education beat. He joined the paper two years ago and has been covering criminal justice. He previously was an award-winning reporter covering education for the New York Daily News. A graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Chapman wrote more than 2,200 articles about New York […]
Quinnipiac hires Silver to be Abelson chair
Quinnipiac University has hired Sara Silver as the first Alan Abelson Endowed Professor of Business Journalism/Financial Communication. She will also start on Aug. 16. Silver has been lecturing at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she is an adjunct, and conducting training sessions at many newsrooms including The Washington Post. Her career includes reporting at […]
The Markup’s Mattu named Knight-Wallace fellow
Surya Mattu, an investigative Data Journalist at The Markup, has been named a Knight-Wallace Reporting Fellow at the University of Michigan. Mattu will research how smartphone applications are used to track consumers. The Knight-Wallace Reporting Fellowships provide an academic year of support and collaborative learning. Fellows undertake projects examining pressing public challenges including social shifts […]
Timmermans hired to run Reynolds Center at Arizona State
Jeffrey Timmermans has been named the Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Timmermans will direct Cronkite’s Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, which works with journalists around the world to improve the quality of coverage of business and the economy, as well as […]
WSJ seeks an education reporter
The Wall Street Journal is looking for an education beat reporter to cover the nation’s K-12 schools, which are now more in the public spotlight than at any point in recent memory. In the wake of the pandemic, schools are rethinking what and how they teach and are receiving a historic influx of federal funding. […]
Bloomberg’s Laya named Nieman Fellow
Patricia Laya, the Venezuela bureau chief for Bloomberg News, has been named a Nieman Fellow. She will study Venezuela’s economic, sociopolitical and health crises as tools of oppression and how the country’s authoritarian government has benefitted from a population subdued by hunger, misery and disease. Laya has been based in Venezuela since 2017. She was […]
Smith named Knight-Bagehot director
Robert Smith, the award-winning host of NPR’s Planet Money, will become the director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism starting July 1. He will also join Columbia Journalism School’s faculty. As host and correspondent for “Plant Money,” Smith’s engaging and accessible storytelling on how the global economy touches people’s everyday lives helped […]
Columbia names this year’s Knight-Bagehot fellows
Columbia Journalism School announced Wednesday 10 Knight-Bagehot Fellows in Economics and Business Journalism for the 2021-2022 academic year. The Fellows represent organizations including Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). The mid-career fellowships provide full tuition and a living stipend of $60,000 for experienced journalists […]
