Wharton Business Journalism flagship program seeks applicants

The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists is presenting its flagship program on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, and Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021.

The program will take place online. View the agenda here.

The seminars provide an exceptional opportunity for national and international journalists to improve their reporting skills and gain valuable insights through faculty lectures and dynamic discussion.

The application deadline is Oct. 8, 2021.

The cost of the program is $75. Payment will be requested upon acceptance into the program and can be paid online as part of the registration process. If program costs present a financial hardship, please contact communications@wharton.upenn.edu.

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.