The talent incubator will empower emerging
journalists with business news reporting skills and global mobility
while promoting newsroom diversity
NEW
YORK, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones,
a global provider of news and business information, and Columbia
Journalism School today announced the expansion of the annual
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Media
Collective. Now in its second year, the HBCU Media Collective has
added an international component to boost students' awareness of
global opportunities while enhancing newsroom diversity and
promoting financial literacy for participating students.
The eight fellows of this year's program were hand-selected by
deans and faculty members from Howard
University, Morehouse College,
Morgan State University, Spelman College, and the newly added North Carolina
A&T and Florida A&M
University.
From May 29 to June 12, 2024,
participants of this journalism training program will work
alongside professional journalists at Dow Jones's Barron's and
MarketWatch newsrooms, and participate in newsroom training hosted
by The Wall Street Journal. Fellows will also take graduate-level
courses at Columbia University during
the first part of the program.
"Our continued partnership with Dow Jones offers a dynamic,
transformative opportunity to a second cohort of students," said
Dr. Jelani Cobb, Dean of the
Columbia Journalism School. "We're invested in training diverse
talent to elevate and safeguard the strength of a free press that
can build trust among all communities. I look forward to welcoming
this year's fellows to Pulitzer Hall."
As part of this year's extended program, fellows will have the
opportunity to travel to London
for five days, gaining valuable exposure to News Corp properties
including The Sun, The Times, Times Radio, The Fifth, talkSPORT and
Virgin Radio.
"The expansion of the HBCU Media Collective underscores the
shared commitment we have with Columbia in developing bespoke
learning opportunities to identify and mentor the next generation
of aspiring journalists," said Brent
Jones, SVP of Training, Culture & Community at Dow
Jones. "The new global aspect of our program will offer our 2024
fellows with invaluable insights from world-class institutions, and
we anticipate this immersive experience will be treasured by them
for years to come."
Students in this year's cohort will work on breaking news desks
at Barron's, where they will learn financial topics and how to
cover news in real time, incorporating diverse voices and
perspectives in the reporting.
"The HBCU Media Collective has become a fantastic program for
promising young journalists to get real-world experience in finance
reporting," said David Cho, Editor
in Chief of Barron's and Head of Editorial Content for Dow Jones
Wealth and Investing. "I'm excited to witness this year's talented
cohort work alongside our senior news editors for their program
assignments."
The HBCU Media Collective is one of many opportunities Dow Jones
offers to encourage careers in financial journalism and as part of
its commitment to building an even stronger workplace culture.
Other Dow Jones Diversity Equity & Inclusion initiatives
include:
- Trust Fellows, an internal professional advancement
program
- Lehman Journo-Tech Fellows, which incorporates data tools
and nontraditional journalists in the news-gathering process
- WSJ Finance Reporting Fellowships, a professional fellowship
for early-career journalists; the next application season opens in
September 2024
- Morgan State Business Journalism Exchange, an outreach program
that continues with an accredited course in investigative
journalism in Academic 2024-25.
- Year-round internship opportunities at Dow Jones
publications
The inaugural cohort of the Collective also attended top-rated
graduate-level courses, newsroom training and worked alongside
editors at The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and MarketWatch. They
also pitched story ideas, which resulted in a byline article,
including a Page One story for the Journal.
About Dow Jones
Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information,
delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world
across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live
events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more
than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest
news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading
publications and products including the flagship Wall Street
Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's,
MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business
Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones
Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a
division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).
About Columbia Journalism School
For more than a century, the Columbia Journalism School has been
preparing journalists in programs that stress academic rigor,
ethics, journalistic inquiry and professional practice. Founded
with a gift from Joseph Pulitzer, the school opened in 1912 and
offers Master of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Science in Data
Journalism, a joint Master of Science degree in Computer Science
and Journalism, The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and
Business Journalism and a Doctor of Philosophy in Communications.
It houses the Columbia Journalism Review, the Brown Institute for
Media Innovation, The Tow Center for Digital Journalism, The Ira A.
Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights and the
Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. The school also administers
many of the leading journalism awards, including the Alfred I.
duPont-Columbia University Awards, the
Maria Moors Cabot Prizes, the John
Chancellor Award, the John B.
Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism, the
Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma, the Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award, and the
Mike Berger Award.
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