Trainees learn about international markets and build their knowledge on a range of related subjects. Experts from varying business backgrounds provide specialist briefings and practical exercises, written to deadline, help participants test their business news reporting skills.
This business news reporting course explains the main elements of the marketplace that produces business news reports and helps participants practice the techniques required for collecting, checking and producing stories. Trainees learn about international markets and build their knowledge on a range of related subjects. Experts from varying business backgrounds provide specialist briefings and practical exercises, written to deadline, help participants test their business news reporting skills. Recent events affecting the global economy and other key issues are examined.
who it's for:
Business Journalists who want to gain an in depth understanding of business news reporting and how to interpret financial matters. It is equally valuable for news journalists who have already moved into business news reporting but need to enhance their skills and knowledge in the economic arena.
- Principles of Journalism - accuracy, fairness, clear writing and speed
- Newsgathering, sourcing and critical thinking
- Structuring the story
- Basic math for journalists
- Media law – libel and copyright
- Journalistic ethics
- Reporting on economies – basic concepts of Macro-economics
- Business cycles, long term economic growth, GDP and its components
- Reporting on businesses and stock markets
- Accounting concepts and rules: the balance sheet; the earnings statement or profit and loss account; the cash flow statement
- Takeovers and mergers, valuation in stock markets
- Reporting on fiscal policy, monetary policy and bond markets:
- Fiscal policy and government budgets
- Monetary policy and central banking
- International trade & the WTO
- Valuations in bond markets
- Central bank activity and foreign exchange markets:
- Currency valuations
- Exchange rate systems & the IMF
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