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Why a business journalism class rocks

A business journalism student at Baruch College in New York writes on his blog about his first experience with the Bloomberg terminal.

He wrote, “We had to be at Bloomberg News at 8:45 AM (I.E. I had to get up at 6 AM) for my Business Journalism class, that was the part that sucked.

“The part that was awesome? We learned to use the Bloomberg Terminal. What can you do on this thing? Other than check the latest news up-to-date second by second from all over the world, do extensive research on companies, get people’s profiles (you can even send direct messages to top CEOs who use a bloomberg terminal) and what what? Search for jobs in a database that posts jobs NO WHERE else, from top employers from across the world! So of course I abused that function and found that you can search for internships too! In ANY country (of course I scoured through various Japan internships :3) .

“I’ve gotta research Japan for a class presentation for Macroeconomics this semester and this baby will make it a cinch! Normally, it costs $1800 a month to have a Bloomberg Terminal, but my college is one of only 8 schools in the world that are given one to use free-of-charge!”

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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.

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  • Wait til they have a job in financial journalism and have to get to the office for work at 6am. Talk about the part that sucks.

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