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Financial Journalism

Course Description

Explains fundamental business concepts and provides basic financial literacy for journalism students preparing to cover a range of topics that involve money. Students will produce financial journalism through assignments that emphasize data research and interviewing techniques for reporting on complex subjects.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Evaluation of graduate students differs significantly from that of undergraduate students. Not only will graduate students be assigned more readings and additional projects, they will also be graded with higher expectations than undergraduate students. Specifically, graduate students will be assigned an additional research or applied project depending upon the discretion of the instructor. Research projects may involve secondary research reviews and synthesis, whereas primary research studies will involve collection and analysis of data. Applied projects will consist of an original professional-level project delivered as a written report and/or oral presentation.

Athena Title

Financial Journalism

Undergraduate Prerequisite

JOUR 3090 and JOUR 3190 and permission of department

Graduate Prerequisite

Permission of department

Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.

Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Students will hone their story development skills using primary and secondary source material.
  • Students will discuss examples of financial journalism and use those case studies to inform their own techniques.
  • Students will pitch and produce financial journalism in a variety of formats (text, audio, and video) using primary interviews and data primarily from government and business sources.
  • The course will feature several guest speakers and will emphasize critical thinking as part of the reporting process as students develop confidence in reporting on complex topics.

Topical Outline

  • Fundamentals of financial markets
  • Economic concepts, basic financial literacy skills
  • Effective interviewing techniques, numeracy, and data interpretation skills, presentation of stories in a variety of media formats, exploration of career in business, and financial journalism

Syllabus

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