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More spots available for Wharton program for business journalists

The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists announced Friday that up to 10 additional journalists may receive scholarships that include free domestic round trip air travel and tuition to the renowned program’s flagship program Oct. 9 to Oct. 12 on the University of Pennsylvania’s Philadelphia campus.

Journalists from Western U.S. media markets are especially encouraged to apply. Besides airfare, the scholarship covers tuition, course materials, and most meals (but not lodging).

The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, now in its 43rd year, offers participants an opportunity to expand their business knowledge and increase their exposure to experts. Through lectures and exercises, the program, led by the Wharton School’s most prominent professors, helps participants gain better understanding of key business and economic issues.

Classes are held on the University of Pennsylvania campus at Wharton’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall in Philadelphia. Participants are encouraged to secure lodging as soon as possible. More information is available on the seminar’s home page.

For those not chosen for a scholarship, the program cost is $1,995, with a payment date of Oct. 1.

Applications are open to those employed full time as a print, broadcast, or online business journalist for legitimate media companies.

For more information, go here. I am a 1993 graduate of the program, and the program is excellent.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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