Business journalism is so broad that I have found that students tend to get lost without a strong focus.  My course  looks at finance and personal finance reporting.  In a semester-long course, I use Get a Financial Life by Beth Kobliner for personal finance, Show me the Money by Chris Roush for basic eocnomics and finance reporting, and Understanding Financial Statements: a journalists guide by Jay Tapinger for financial analysis. I use wsj.com to integrate the news into class discussions and to manage a stock portfolio assignment.  I also pull a chapter on the political economy from Terri Tompson's Writing Business News.
 
Paul Niwa
Emerson College
 

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From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC on behalf of Carstarphen, Meta G.
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any suggestions?

I'm teaching "Sports, Opinion and Business Writing" next semester with an emphasis on business.
If I can get a good business text, then I can pull the rest of it from other resources.

Thanks.
Sam



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Meta G. Carstarphen, Ph.D., APR
Gaylord Endowed Family Professor
University of Oklahoma
Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication
Associate Professor
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