Television executive Paula Madison told Grambling State University students they can get the jobs of their dreams, starting with well-written, well-edited resumes and cover letters. “Cover letters should speak about how you can help me,” said Madison, a former NBC Universal television station general manager and news director.
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 of the grant. This past spring, the inaugural visiting professors taught at Colorado State University, Grambling State University, Texas Christian University and the University of South Carolina.
Tackling a 10-K financial document can be daunting. To meet disclosure requirements, company annual financial reports seem to have expanded to the size of an Ikea catalog, though they’re far less fun to peruse.
One of the first things you need to tell new reporters or students about covering economic reports from Washington is this: No, you are not being punished for some past wrongdoing.
The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Visiting Business Journalism Professor’s Program is seeking applications for the Spring 2014 semester. Two accredited journalism schools in the U.S. will be selected to receive a visiting professor to teach business journalism coursework during a semester in residence. The four inaugural schools in the Visiting Professors Program welcomed the first [...]
The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Visiting Business Journalism Professor’s Program is launching its second year, and will assign professors to three campuses for the spring semester 2013, starting in January. Those selected will teach business journalism coursework during a semester in residence. The program is designed to initiate business journalism courses and curricula at accredited [...]
Accredited journalism programs may apply for a grant that will place visiting business journalism professors at selected universities across the country. The next availability is for the January 2014 semester. The grant of $50,000 per school is funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation with the goal of helping to launch business journalism programs at [...]
A conversation sparked on the heels of this year’s Society of Business Editors and Writers annual conference about the visible void of diversity in business journalism. And now, just two weeks after the topic took center stage, the chatter has turned to action. Christopher Nelson, a freelance journalist and graduate student at Georgetown University Law Center, [...]
BY WILL SUTTON Reynolds Visiting Professor, Grambling State University DIVERSITY. There, I said it. For far too many, it’s the equivalent of a four-letter word. It shouldn’t be that way. Diversity is the right way to go, and, yes, it is good business. Add to this conversation: DIVERSITY IN BUSINESS JOURNALISM COMMENTS: We’re collecting COMMENTS [...]
