Wharton Seminars for Biz Journalists accepting applications

The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School is organizing its next Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists.

This year’s seminar will take place in Philadelphia, between Oct. 20 and 22, 2025.

The program provides an opportunity for national and international journalists to improve their reporting skills and gain valuable insights through faculty lectures and dynamic discussions.

Topics include accounting principles, financial markets, taxation and more.

Funding opportunities are available for international and U.S.-based journalists who are interested in attending the seminar. Apply for funding here.

The National Press Foundation (NPF) is offering all-expense-paid fellowships for two U.S.-based journalists to attend the seminar. The deadline to apply for the NPF fellowships is Sept. 3, 2025. Apply here.

The application deadline for the seminar is Sept. 3, 2025. Interested applicants can apply here.

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.