Meet the 2008 Reynolds Center fellows
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism has awarded 12 fellowships apiece to its weeklong “Business Journalism Professors Seminar” and “Strictly Financials Seminar” for working journalists, both to be held in Jan. 7-10, 2008 in Tempe, Ariz.
Educators and journalists from around the nation were selected from a large pool of applicants for these two training events. They will be held concurrently at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University, where the Reynolds Center is headquartered.
The seminar for professors covers essentials of teaching a hands-on course on financial, economic and writing aspects of the field. The financials seminar for journalists features training in financials, from stock markets and bonds to financial statements and company research. Fellowships cover all seminar expenses.
“The success of last year’s inaugural Business Journalism Professors Seminar encouraged us to repeat it,” said Andrew Leckey, Director of the Reynolds Center. “We initiated the Strictly Financials seminar as a direct answer to many requests received from business journalists who wanted to learn how to dig deeper into the intricacies of how companies operate.”
Fellows chosen for the “Business Journalism Professors Seminar” are:
- Annie-Laurie Blair, Miami University of Ohio
- Laura Castaneda, University of Southern California
- Roger Desmond, University of Hartford
- Dr. Martin Edu, Grambling State University
- Lynn Holley, University of Illinois
- Dr. Ed Lenert, University of Nevada, Reno
- Shaheen Pasha, American University in Cairo
- Mark Vamos, Southern Methodist University
- Georgiana Vines, University of Tennessee
- Leslie Whitaker, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Timothy Gibbons, University of North Florida
- Mark Tatge, Ohio University
The “Strictly Financials” fellows are:
- Hanah Cho, The Sun in Baltimore
- Roberta “Robbie” DiMesio, The Oregonian
- Nell Luter Floyd, The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss.
- Delawese Fulton, The State, Columbia, S.C.
- John Gittelsohn, The Orange County Register
- Angela Gonzales, The Business Journal of Phoenix
- Traci Gregory, The Mohawk Valley Business Journal
- Beth Kassab, Orlando Sentinel
- David Morrill, Bay Area News Group, Walnut Creek, Calif.
- Stefanie Murray, Ann Arbor News
- Denis Paiste, New Hampshire Union Leader
- Kristen Tatti, Northern Colorado Business Report
More than 6,000 working journalists around the country over the past four years have taken part in workshops, online seminars and online tutorials of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. More information about the Center can be found on its Web site, www.BusinessJournalism.org.
The Center is funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, a national philanthropic organization founded in 1954 by the late media entrepreneur for whom it is named. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, it is one of the largest private foundations in the United States.
The Cronkite School is a leading professional journalism college with 1,700 undergraduate and master’s students.
