Working Journalists and Business Journalism Professors Awarded Reynolds Center Fellowships

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism has awarded 14 fellowships to its weeklong "Strictly Financials Seminar" for working journalists and 11 fellowships to the "Business Journalism Professors Seminar." Both programs will be held Jan. 6-9 in Phoenix, 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 and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, where the Reynolds Center is headquartered.

The financials seminar for journalists features training in financials, from stock markets and bonds to financial statements and company research. The seminar for professors covers essentials of teaching a hands-on course on financial, economic and writing aspects in the field. Fellowships cover all seminar expenses.

"The global economic crisis is a strong indication of the need for sophisticated business journalism training at the professional and university levels," said Andrew Leckey, Director of the Reynolds Center. "We are delighted that so many quality people applied for these fellowships that are designed to make a long-term difference in coverage."

The "Strictly Financials" fellows are:

Adam Bell, The Charlotte Observer
Chris Casacchia, Phoenix Business Journal
Janet Cho, The Plain Dealer
Richard Clough, Los Angeles Business Journal
David Falchek, The Times-Tribune (Scranton, PA)
Paul Grimaldi, The Providence Journal
Monica Hatcher, The Miami Herald
Brad Hem, Houston Chronicle
Rebecca McClay, The Gazette (Frederick, MD)
Dan Molinski, Dow Jones Newswires
Karen Mracek, The Des Moines Register
James Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Allen Olson, MSNBC.com
Sarah Skidmore, Associated Press (Portland)

Fellows chosen for the "Business Journalism Professors Seminar" are:

Neil Downing, University of Rhode Island
Steve Elliott, Arizona State University
Craig Freeman, Louisiana State University
Michael Gormley, Central State University, Ohio
David Kansas, Columbia University
Dr. Saundra Keyes, University of Nevada, Reno
Judy Maltz, The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Dinah Zeiger, University of Idaho

Also chosen as fellows with plans to teach a business journalism course but not yet officially affiliated with a university to do so are Tracey Franks, Christine Lavelle, Paul O'Donnell and Carolyn Pritchard.

Nearly 8,000 working journalists around the country over the past five 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.

ABOUT THE CENTER
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is located at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix. Programs include daylong business journalism workshops, weeklong online seminars, one-hour self-guided tutorials and business journalism coverage at BusinessJournalism.org. The Center also offers internships and scholarships and runs the Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism.

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, Nev., it is one of the largest private foundations in the United States.

The Cronkite School at Arizona State, named in honor of the long-time CBS news anchor, is a leading professional journalism school with nearly 1,700 undergraduate and master's students.

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