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, […]
Knight-Bagehot application for 21-22 is now open
The 2021-22 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, 2021. The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism offers qualified journalists the opportunity to enhance their understanding and knowledge of business, economics, finance and […]
Reporting on New York Business while teaching others to do the same
CUNY profiled Greg David, who runs the business journalism program for the Newmark Journalism School and who has been writing for The City. The story states, “Jere Hester, editor of The City, said David’s stories ‘ring with the clarity and authority that come with both experience and the fresh sense of urgency he brings to his reporting.’ […]
O’Kelley of Bloomberg News named academic affairs dean at Columbia
Winnie O’Kelley, who has overseen prize-winning investigative reporting in business and economics and who serves as an executive editor of Bloomberg News, will become the next Dean of Academic Affairs at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She will start on Jan. 1. O’Kelley joined the full-time faculty two years ago, running the business […]
Missouri J school receives $3 million for Missouri Business Alert
The University of Missouri School of Journalism has received a $3 million gift from an alumna to support an endowment to provide scholarships, paid internships and professional mentoring for journalism students at Missouri Business Alert, a business journalism publication housed in the School of Journalism. Randall Smith, founder of the Missouri Business Alert and the […]
Reuters announces Reuters-NABJ scholarship winners
Reuters has announced the recipients of three Reuters-National Association of Black Journalists scholarships — Doyinsola Oladipo, Joyce Philippe and India Walton for graduate journalism programs at New York University, Columbia University and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, respectively. As part of the scholarship, students will receive a value of more than $40,000 in tuition […]
NYU names incoming business and economics reporting students
New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute has named the incoming class for its business and economics reporting program. The students are: Yunxin (Anniek) Bao graduated from the University of Sydney with a B.A. in Media and Communications in March 2020, with a major in Sociology. Before joining BER, Anniek interned with Reuters Beijing bureau […]
BuzzFeed tech reporter Bernstein named Nieman fellow
Joseph Bernstein, a senior technology reporter at BuzzFeed News, has been named a Nieman fellow for the 2020-21 academic year. Bernstein plans to study the ways recent technological change has contributed to alienation in 21st century American life. Bernstein is based in New York and has been with BuzzFeed since February 2013. He previously was […]
