Quinnipiac seeks Abelson professor in business journalism/financial communication

Quinnipiac University’s School of Communications seeks an experienced professional in business journalism and/or financial communication to join the faculty as its Alan Abelson Endowed Professor of Business Journalism/Financial Communication beginning Fall 2021. The tenure-track professorship at the assistant or associate level will be a joint appointment in the Departments of Journalism, Media Studies and/or Strategic […]

WSJ, Yahoo Sports, KC Star launch Howard U. scholarship

The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Sports and The Kansas City Star today announced the creation of the Terez A. Paylor Scholarship at Howard University. The scholarship will be awarded to students majoring in journalism, with an emphasis in sports journalism, who carry a 3.0 GPA requirement. Paylor passed away in February of 2021 after a […]

O’Neil Lecture in Business Journalism features The 19th founders

After breaking ground in nonprofit journalism as top leaders at The Texas Tribune, Emily Ramshaw and Amanda Zamora launched their own national news organization last year, The 19th, which strives to empower women, people of color and the LGBTQ+ community “with the information, community and tools they need to be equal participants in our democracy.” The pair […]

Business Insider, Industry Dive partner with NAHJ on workshops

Business Insider and Industry Dive have partnered with National Association of Hispanic Journalists on a series of workshops to help Latino reporters break into business journalism. Each training will be a workshop-style training, with a short presentation interspersed with hands-on opportunities to test skills. They will stand alone as courses, but attendees who attend all sessions will be […]

McGraw Center seeks fellows for 2021

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 reporting fellowships in the summer of 2014. We provide grants up to $15,000 and editorial support to experienced journalists that enables them to do the deep reporting necessary to produce […]

Columbia seeks biz journalism professor/Knight-Bagehot director

Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism (www.journalism.columbia.edu) is currently seeking a professor of Journalism (rank and track to be determined), who will also serve as Director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Program in Economics and Business Journalism. As a member of our full-time faculty, the incumbent will also oversee what has become the preeminent academic year-long […]

Forbes launches fellowship program for HBCU students

Forbes announced Wednesday a new fellowship program for journalism students at historically black colleges and universities. The Forbes Fellowship for Business Journalism was created as a step toward realizing this ideal, focusing on preparing and supporting emerging black journalists and journalists of color from HBCUs interested in business journalism. This paid fellowship offers workshops and mentoring programs, […]

Arizona State seeks Reynolds chair in business journalism

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University is seeking a national leader in business journalism to serve as the Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism, an endowed professorship dedicated to advancing business journalism worldwide, and President of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. The Chair will lead […]

Dow Jones News Fund names Carswell its executive director

The Dow Jones News Fund announced the appointment of Shirley Carswell, a distinguished journalist and educator, as executive director of the Fund, effective Jan. 4. Carswell had a 25-year career at the Washington Post, where she rose to deputy managing editor. For the past seven years, she has taught at Howard University’s Cathy Hughes School […]

Philly Inquirer assistant biz editor named Nieman Visiting Fellow

Janet Alvarez, an assistant business editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, has been named a Nieman Visiting Fellow. Alvarez is also a television contributor for CNBC and Telemundo. As a Fellow, Alvarez hopes to develop widespread COVID-19 vaccination education initiatives to inform people of color when vaccines are distributed. The goal is to assist vulnerable populations, […]