The Particulars

Location: Walter Cronkite School of Journalism
and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ 85004

When: Jan. 4-7, 2011

Deadline: Nov. 1, 2010

Apply for Strictly Financials Seminar.

Apply for Business Journalism Professors Seminar.

ATTENTION: Experienced business journalists and prospective business journalism professors.

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is offering 24 fellowships worth $2,000 each for four days of study in business journalism – Jan. 4-7 in Phoenix.

Fellowships cover training, lodging, materials and most meals. Fellows receive a $500 stipend to offset travel and other costs.

The seminars will occur during Reynolds Business Journalism Week at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The journalists’ Strictly Financials seminar teaches the essentials of covering financials, from stock markets and bonds to financial statements and company research. | More on the Strictly Financials seminar

The Business Journalism Professors seminar will cover the essentials of teaching a hands-on, university course in business journalism. | More on the Business Journalism Professors seminar

The fourth annual, concurrent seminars (with 12 Fellows attending each one) will be led by award-winning professors and journalists, including Jimmy Gentry, journalism professor at the University of Kansas.

One highlight will be a discussion with the legendary investigative-reporting duo of Don Barlett and Jim Steele, along with the 2010 winners of the Reynolds Center’s Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism.

Rachel Tobin Ramos, a 2010 fellow and business reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, said, “It gave me much more confidence in my financial reporting, has allowed me to ask better and smarter questions, and overall improved my coverage. I cannot thank the Reynolds Center enough for this amazing course.”

A 2008 fellow, Roger Desmond of the University of Hartford, won a university innovation award for starting a business journalism course. He said the award “came with some extra money for research and travel, and of course, I owe it all to you!”

TO APPLY, Deadline Nov. 1: For information on the two seminars, including how to apply online, go to the call for Strictly Financials or Business Journalism Professors.

Questions? E-mail Andrew Leckey, Reynolds Center president,or call 602-496-9186.

ABOUT THE CENTER
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, located at ASU’s Cronkite School, was launched in 2003. More than 10,000 journalists have benefited from its free training. A calendar of upcoming free workshops, as well as daily tips on how to cover business better, are at 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, it is one of the largest private foundations in the United States.

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The training is free. The Reynolds Center is funded by a $3.16 million, three-year grant from the Las Vegas, Nevada-based Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

• Details on upcoming workshops and Webinars.
• Details on Strictly Financials Seminar.
• Details on Business Journalism Professors Seminar.

The center offers daylong workshops in cities across the country. Topics have included multimedia skills for business journalists, investigative business reporting, finding fresh angles on your local economy, and financial re-regulation. It also conducts Webinars throughout the year on topics such as how to be an entrepreneur as a business journalist, writing business news for the Web, and understanding financial statements.

Instructors at Reynolds Center training sessions include noted journalists and professors. Presenters have included Pulitzer winners, such as Jacqui Banaszynski, Knight Chair in editing at the Missouri School of Journalism; Gary Cohn, adjunct professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Journalism; Buzz Bissinger, best-selling author of Friday Night Lights; and Jim Steele, contributing editor to Vanity Fair.

Other teachers have included James Gentry, journalism professor at the University of Kansas and winner of the Barry Sherman Teaching Award; Alec Klein, professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and former Washington Post reporter; and Ron Nixon, projects reporter for The New York Times.

Journalists who successfully complete three regional workshops or online seminars presented by the Reynolds Center are eligible to receive a “Circle of Achievement” award certificate. The free training is open to not only business reporters, but also reporters on other beats seeking to improve their skills in business coverage.

For its regional workshops, the Reynolds Center provides curriculum, handout materials, trainers and online registration. Journalism groups, media outlets and universities serve as hosts. If you are interested in hosting a Reynolds workshop or suggesting a workshop topic, please e-mail Executive Director Linda Austin or call her at 602-496-9187.

The Center is headquartered at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix. The Cronkite School, named for the long-time CBS news anchor, serves more than 1,200 undergraduate and master’s journalism students.

For more information about regional or online workshops, contact:

Linda Austin, executive director of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, 602-496-9187 or linda.austin@businessjournalism.org.

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