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Wharton to hold seminar for biz journalists in San Francisco

The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania will hold a one-day seminar for business journalists in San Francisco on Jan. 28.

The deadline to apply is Jan. 18.

This one-day program will feature Wharton Accounting Professor Mary Ellen Carter, who will the lead sessions on “Fundamentals of Accounting” and “Understanding Financial Statements.”

The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, now in their 39th 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.

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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  • If possible, you should definitely attend. Dr. Carter was my accouting prof at Columbia when I was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow, and she is terrific at making sense out of the language of accounting. She is a great source for journalists and really shows how to dig through financial data.

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