McGraw Center seeks fellowship applications
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism, an initiative of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, began offering Fellowships to accomplished business journalists in the summer of 2014. More than two dozen veteran journalists have since been awarded grants of up to $15,000. The deadline for Winter 2019 […]
New Knight-Bagehot director Narisetti talks about its changes
Longtime business journalist Raju Narisetti became director of the Knight-Bagehot program for business journalists at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism this summer. The Bagehot program for business journalists was started in 1975 by Steve Shepard, who went on to become editor of BusinessWeek magazine and the founding dean of the CUNY Graduate School of […]
College newspaper starts a business section
Jack O. Denton, the editor in chief of the student newspaper The Varsity at the University of Toronto, writes about why it has started a business section. Denton writes, “The launch of a section focusing on business, innovation, finance, and entrepreneurship is part of an ongoing commitment to serving our readers and developing our contributors. […]
Knight-Bagehot application for 19-20 is now open
The 2019-20 application for a Knight Bagehot Fellowship at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is now open. The deadline for completing the application, in its entirety, is Jan. 31, 2019. The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism offers qualified journalists the opportunity to enhance their understanding and knowledge of business, economics, finance […]
Chicago Booth seeks applications for 2019 biz journalism program
The Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business is organizing its Journalists in Residence Program March 25 to June 15, 2019 in Chicago. The program aims to shape the next generation of leaders in business reporting. Participants will audit classes, participate in events, collaborate with peers and […]
Wharton Seminars opens applications for funding
The Wharton School invites business journalists to apply for Penn Wharton Public Policy Funding, which will allow up to five business reporters who cover aspects of public policy to attend the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists flagship program in Philadelphia this year. Each funding opportunity covers the cost of tuition, course materials, most group meals, lodging for three nights […]
Reuters-NABJ scholarship winners named
Reuters announced that the winners of two Reuters-National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) scholarships are Arriana McLymore and Akintunde Ahmad for graduate journalism programs at New York University and Columbia University, respectively. Each student will receive a value of more than $40,000 in tuition and credits for the 2018-2019 academic year funded by Reuters and […]
Biz journalism organization to fund Medill scholarship
The American Society of Business Publication Editors Foundation has launched a $5,000 annual college scholarship program to encourage graduate students to study business journalism. The ASBPE Foundation will offer the scholarship to one student a year at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. ASBPE, a 2,000-member organization of trade-publication editors and others […]
Bloomberg’s O’Kelley hired by Columbia as business journalism professor
Bloomberg News executive editor Winnie O’Kelley has been hired by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism as a professor of business journalism. O’Kelley will lead the Business and Economics concentration of the Master of Arts program, which provides mid-career journalists the expertise needed to cover corporations and the economy with sophistication. “Winnie’s knowledge of […]
Dallas Morning News biz reporter Rice leaving for Georgia faculty
Dallas Morning News business editor Paul O’Donnell sent out the following announcement to the staff: Sabriya Rice will be leaving the DMN on July 6 for what can only be described as an amazing opportunity at the University of Georgia. She will become the Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism at the Grady College of […]
