The Reynolds Center has announced its 2009-10 free workshop schedule.
Select a workshop and register from the drop-down menu below.
The Reynolds Center registration for Fall 2009 free online seminars.
Anyone looking for further schooling in covering business topics, from finance to globalization, can turn to these venues, both here and abroad.
* Asian American Journalists Association Business Annual Convention
Dates: August 1-4, 2007
Contact: E-mail, 415.346.2051
* Asian American Journalists Association Fellowships
Contact: Albert Lee, 415-346-2051 x107
* American Society of Business Publication Editors
National Editorial Conference
ASBPE Aug. 2-3, 2007 New York A Young Leaders Scholarship is availalbe to this conference. Click on the link to learn more.
* CFA Institute
Webcasts for Business, Personal Finance Journalists
Contact: Kathy Valentine
* Covering Globalization seminar
(Joint event of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the Initiative for Policy Dialogue)
For: International journalists looking to study complex international economic issues.
Seminars: March 29, 2007 through April 01, 2007
Contact: Barbara Fasciani
* Dartmouth University
John Sloane Dickey Center for International Understanding
For: Business writers around the world who want to work with Dartmouth faculty.
Contact: 603.646.2023
* Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Program in Economics and Business Journalism
Director: Terri Thompson, 212.854.2711
Note: For info on World Bank Institute scholarships for this program, call 202.473.6849 (more info on Scholarships page)
-- Advanced Seminar in Business Journalism
Instructor: Terri Thompson (for Knight-Bagehot fellows only)
* New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants: Financial Media Seminars For Journalists
Free three-part series on understanding financial statements
For: Reporters and editors, who earn a certificate from the society if they attend all three sessions.
Contact: Lois Whitehead, NYSSCPA Public Relations Manager, 212.719.8405
* Society of American Business Editors and Writers
Contact: 573.882.7862
* University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Center for International Business Education and Research
Seminars on everything from capitalism to globalization
Contact: E-mail 217.333.8335
* University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Journalism and Mass Communications Executive Education program
SeminarsContact: Louise Spieler, Assistant Dean for Distance Education and Executive Education, 919.843.8137
* University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists
Seminars: 2007 date to be announced
Tuition: $1,995, which covers tuition, materials and most meals, but financial aid is also available.
Contact: Joanne Spigonardo, 215.573.8599
INTERNATIONAL
* Business Journalists Seminar, France
(Joint event by INSEAD, Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania)
For: Senior business writers and editors, and experienced reporters moving to business.
Contact: Helle Jensen, media relations manager, INSEAD, 33 (0)1 60 71 26 91
* Initiative for Policy Dialogue
* World Bank Institute, Africa
-- Economics and Business Journalism Program
For: African journalists with three or more years experience covering business, economics or development.
Covers: Six courses through videoconferencing from WBI's Washington office, Courses
Contact: Martin Lutalo, course coordinator
-- Courses on covering budgets and government spending
For: African journalists in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
Covers: Distance learning courses and participants must prepare two reporting projects out of budget line items, which must be published.
Contact: Tim Carrington, course director, 202.473.8133, OR Cyrille Hugon, 202.458.1406
FOR STUDENTS
* Dow Jones Newspaper Fund: for college students
-- Real-Time Information Services Internships
For: Up to 12 college juniors, seniors and graduate students who expressed a specific interest in business reporting/editing and working for a news service, and have proficiency in computer technology.
Requirements: Experience, academic excellence, an essay and editing test provided by the Newspaper Fund.
-- Business Reporting Intern Program
For: Up to 12 minority college sophomores and juniors.
Requirements: Experience, academic excellence, application form, 500-word essay, three to five clips, and a reporting test provided by the Newspaper Fund
Both Include: One-week training at New York University , transportation, salary of at least $350 a week, and $1,000 scholarship for students returning to full-time academics in the fall.
Contact: Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, 609.452.2820
* Dow Jones Newspaper Fund: for high school students
For: High school minority students interested in business journalism.
-- High School Journalism Workshops
For: High school students interested in business journalism.
Contact: Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, 609.452.2820
* National Association of Black Journalists Internships
For: Three full-time college juniors and seniors and NABJ members interested in business journalism
Covers: Paid internship, and students responsible for travel and living expenses
Seminars: 10-week summer internship
Contact: Gregory Lee, 301-477-4181
Know of more? Send an e-mail to Kevin Sweeney.
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