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SABEW to hold training call on health care
by Chris Roush
The Supreme Court has ruled on the Affordable Health Care Act. What’s next? What are the implications for taxes, for Medicaid, for the exchanges?
Here’s your chance to get tips and ask questions of noted health care journalists in the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’s next hour-long teletraining call, “Health Care Coverage in the Wake of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision,” 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern, Monday, Aug. 20.
Register for the call here. On the day of the call, dial 218-339-2626 and, when prompted, enter the access code 4058935 and you’ll be put in to the call. Callers may only listen in to the panelists’ discussion, but may submit questions to sabew@sabew.org that will be sent to the moderator for possible inclusion in the hour-long discussion.
Panelists include John Wasik, freelance writer and author of 13 books, including one on health care reform; E.J. Mitchell, managing editor, Medicare News Group; and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Washington Bureau.
For more information on this session, contact Warren Watson, watson@sabew.org or 602-496-5186.
Register here for the call. At the time of the call, dial 218-339-2626. At the prompt, enter the access code 4058935.
Wharton program for biz journalists accepting applications
by Chris Roush
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists announced Tuesday that up to 10 journalists may receive scholarships that include free domestic round trip air travel and tuition to the renowned program’s flagship program Oct. 21-24 on the University of Pennsylvania’s Philadelphia campus.
Journalists from Western U.S. media markets are especially encouraged to apply. Besides airfare, the scholarship covers tuition, course materials, and most meals (but not lodging). Apply now.
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, now in its 44th year, offers participants an opportunity to expand their business knowledge and increase their exposure to leading experts in a stimulating environment. Through intensive lectures and hands-on exercises, the program, led by the Wharton School’s most prominent professors, helps participants gain a better understanding of key business and economic issues.
Classes are held on the University of Pennsylvania campus at Wharton’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall in Philadelphia. Participants are encouraged to secure lodging as soon as possible. More information is available on the Seminars home page.
For those not receiving a scholarship, the program cost is $1,995, with a payment date of Oct. 1, 2012.
Applications are open to those employed full time as a print, broadcast, or online business journalist for legitimate media companies.
Reynolds Center releases fall training schedule
by Chris Roush
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism can help with free training in business journalism. Check its six-month schedule of training, taught by award-winning journalists and professors.
The center has a free workshop in Montana on computer-assisted reporting and in New York on digging into financial statements, plus a business journalism boot camp in Portland, Ore.
It also offers training in how to track companies’ influence on politics at the SPJ/RTDNA Excellence in Journalism Conference in Fort Lauderdale and in how to be an entrepreneur and cover the economy better at the UNITY Convention in Las Vegas.
In addition, it has a free, live webinar on telling great stories with Diana B. Henriques, longtime New York Times writer and best-selling author. Other free webinars will help you delve into SEC filings and find economic stories in Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census data.
And it offers all-expenses-paid, intensive training in financials in Phoenix.
Plus, the center provides free self-guided training, beat basics and daily coverage tips off the news at BusinessJournalism.org.
See all of the fall training schedule here.
Grateful for biz reporting skills
by Chris Roush
The Online News Association talked with Naila Boodhoo, who covers business stories for WBEZ in Chicago, about her career.
Here is an excerpt:
What happens during your average day?
If there isn’t breaking news, I’m working on a feature story, so could be prepping for interviews, out in the field, back in the office logging tape or preparing to be on one our live shows.
Why did you choose to get involved with online media?
I’m not sure it was ever a conscious choice. Online is where communications/information flows went and our job is to be in the middle of that.
Business reporting is one of the few sectors that is currently growing. What’s your advice for young journalists entering the field and for mid-career journalists looking to change gears?
I’ve always been grateful to have business reporting skills. Having any additional skills always make you a more valuable worker and that’s particularly so for specialized beats. I would say that most of my business reporting career has been based on on-the-job training; you can always learn about a beat, even if it’s the economy, by covering it. I think there are great resources out there to learn more about covering business journalism, whether that’s the Reynolds Center which does great in-person and online training (including handy resource guides by topic), or through The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW). Obviously, anything at the intersection of personal finance and real estate — especially in terms of foreclosures, short sales and credit, or employment, especially how people are adding skills or retraining in order to get work — is really important right now.
Read more here.
Central Michigan, Elon and LSU get visiting biz journalism professors
by Chris Roush
Journalism programs at Central Michigan University, Elon University in North Carolina and Louisiana State University will receive visiting business journalism professors next spring under a $1.67 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.
This is the second year that the foundation has funded business journalism professors at universities to encourage the development of stronger business journalism training. This past spring, the inaugural visiting professors taught at Colorado State University, Grambling State University, the University of South Carolina and Texas Christian University.
The five-year program will ultimately create 11 visiting professorships at 11 different schools. It is administered through the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The Reynolds Center also has sponsored weeklong training seminars for prospective business journalism professors over the past six years.
“The goal of the Reynolds Visiting Business Journalism Professors Program is to select institutions that will commit long-term to the teaching of principles and skills necessary to train business journalists. We are pleased that these three schools have been selected to participate in the second year of the program,” said Steve Anderson, president of the Reynolds Foundation, in a statement.
Andrew Leckey, president of the Reynolds Center and the Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism at the Cronkite School, said the three schools were chosen from dozens of applications, and all three ‘presented strong immediate and longer-term plans for initiating vigorous business journalism coursework and programs.
“The large number of excellent applications from throughout the country underscored the fact that business and economic journalism is growing in importance and popularity,” he said in a statement.
Read more here.
Wharton to hold biz journalism program in San Francisco
by Chris Roush
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, led by the Wharton School’s most prominent professors, will hold a one-day workshop next month to help reporters gain a better understanding of key business and economic issues.
This one-day program will feature Wharton professors Kevin Werbach and Jonah Berger on “Gamification” and “”The ‘Most E-Mailed’ List: Virality, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz,” respectively.
The free seminar will be held June 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in San Francisco. The registration deadline is June 20.
In recent years, reporters from media outlets such as the San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, China News, CNN, Les Echos, CNBC India, Nikkei, Marketplace, Reuters, Bloomberg and Los Angeles Times have attended.
Applications are open to those employed as a print, broadcast, or online business journalist for legitimate media companies.
For complete information on the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, visit www.wharton.upenn.edu/journalists or contact Peter Winicov, senior associate director, Wharton Communications at (215) 746-6471 or communications(at)wharton(dot)upenn(dot)edu.
Read more here.
SABEW to hold training call for freelancers
by Chris Roush
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers next training call, “Freelancer’s Bootcamp: Real World Tricks and Tips,” will help freelance business journalists improve their work.
This freelancer’s boot camp will cover all aspects entrepreneurial journalism, including setting up an LLC and keeping the books, best practices for time management and pitching stories, and transitioning from the newsroom to full-time freelancing. We’ll also get an editor’s perspective on what works and what doesn’t.
The moderator of the call is Michelle Leder, founder of Footnoted.org, a website that takes a close look at items that companies try to bury in their routine SEC filings. Leder first became interested in SEC filings early in her career, while writing about a small Florida bank that was engaged in aggressive accounting during the last real estate boom.
Also on the call will be Jonathan Blum, the owner of Blumsday, a web-based technology news company. His work regularly appears on TheStreet, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Entrepreneur.com and many other publications and websites.
To sign up for the call, click here.
On the day of the call, dial (218) 339-2626 and, when prompted, enter the access code 4058935 and you’ll be put in to the call. Callers may only listen in to the panelists’ discussion, but may submit questions to sabew@sabew.org that will be sent to the moderator for possible inclusion in the hourlong discussion.
The call will be held 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST, Monday, May 21.
ICFJ offers online financial journalism course
by Chris Roush
The International Center for Journalists will offer two online courses in English and Spanish on covering marketing concepts such as how to plan for retirement, understanding your 401k, stock and bond markets, mutual funds and private and public companies, among others.
These courses will be available to U.S. journalists who report in minority communities.
The online courses will take place from July 2, 2012 through Aug. 27, 2012. Participants selected will be asked to give a project proposal that they will work on developing through the length of the course. As well, a project mentoring period to help participants finalize their projects will take place from Aug. 27, 2012 until Oct. 8, 2012.
The courses will be open to Spanish-speaking and English-speaking journalists from ethnic media. Participants will be trained to effectively cover consumer and marketing finance issues including topics ranging from credit and lending, housing and mortgages to retirement planning and investing.
The Spanish course is led by Xavier Serbia, the editor-in-chief and founder of Xavierserbia.com. Serbia is a personal finance syndicated columnist and has written for various Hispanic media outlets.
The English course is led by Chris Roush, who teaches business and economics reporting at the University of North Carolina and has written six books, including two about business journalism.
The courses will be divided into three parts:
- an eight-week online training on financial markets and consumer business
- a six-week online mentoring period, during which participants produced stories to publish them in the media
- a three-day field trip to New York City, where three selected participants will have the opportunity to interview with notable financial experts.
At the end of the online courses, three participants will receive a McGraw-Hill Personal Finance Award and cash prizes of $2,000, $1,000 and $500.
For more information, please contact Pablo Munoz at pmunoz@icfj.org.
Missouri J school planning online biz news service
by Chris Roush
A business news service is under development at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and the online publication could launch as early as June.
Jacob Barker of the Columbia Daily Tribune writes, “Randall Smith, a journalism professor at MU, has been raising money for the project since the fall, he said, and he hopes to turn it into a resource for the entire state tentatively named Missouri Business Insider. Smith said private contributors and the university have kicked in money. ‘My goal is to provide another news platform here at the university, much like the Missourian and KOMU, but this one for business journalism,’ he said.
“The idea began germinating after a conversation Smith had last year with Regional Economic Development Inc. President Mike Brooks and Boone Electric Cooperative CEO Todd Culley, who is also REDI’s treasurer. Brooks and Culley worked in Indiana, where a statewide business publication landed in their email inbox twice daily. Brooks said the newsletter was a quick way to stay up to date on statewide business happenings.
“‘The beauty of that particular product is it’s literally two minutes’ to scan for relevant articles, he said.
“Smith said Missouri Business Insider would take a similar approach, sending out two emails a day to subscribers and maintaining a website without a print product. He has hired five staff members, and the content will be produced by students and professional contributors, he said. Smith said he hopes to set up curriculum and classes surrounding it.”
Read more here.
Columbia names new Knight-Bagehot fellows
by Chris Roush
Ten Knight-Bagehot Fellows in economics and business journalism have been named by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for the 2012-2013 academic year.
They include journalists from The Detroit News, Bloomberg Businessweek, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, CNBC-TV18 in Mumbai, Bloomberg Television and Michigan Public Radio.
The mid-career fellowships provide full tuition and a living stipend of $50,000 for experienced journalists to take graduate courses at Columbia’s Schools of Business, Law, and International and Public Affairs.
Fellows also attend special seminars at the Journalism School led by scholars and business experts during the nine-month program, which begins in August. The program is open to journalists with at least four years’ experience.
This year’s fellows are Kate Davidson, Gabriel Friedman, Lewis Krauskopf, Nandagopal Jayakumar Nair, Charlotte Raab de Miranda, Mica Rosenberg, Barrett Sheridan, Katerina Sokou, Jaclyn Trop and Rachel Wehrspann.
Read more here.
