Wharton to hold public policy program for business journalists

The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists will hold a free, one-day program that feature Wharton professors Mark Duggan and Susan Wachter on “Health Care Policy” and “Real Estate and Mortgage Policy,” respectively, in March.

The program will be held March 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The registration deadline is March 1. The seminar will take place at the offices of Morgan Lewis, 1111 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, in Washington.

Applications are open to those employed as a print, broadcast, or online business journalist for legitimate media companies. Each participant will receive a Wharton School certificate of completion

The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists program, now in its 44th year, offers participants an opportunity to expand their knowledge, increase their exposure to leading experts and broaden their perspectives in a stimulating environment. This program is free of charge and open to a limited number of journalists.

To apply, go here.

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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.