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BER will consider late applications as long as seats in the program remain open. Contact Stephen Solomon (sds1@nyu.edu) for more information.

Learn to follow the money… and cover some of the biggest stories of our time

Students in NYU’s Business & Economic Reporting program learn to follow the money and in the process, cultivate the skills needed to cover impactful stories about power, innovation, disruption and inequality in their communities and the global economy. Over three semesters, our students not only gain intensive journalism training from professors with broad experience covering business, they also build subject-matter expertise in accounting, economics and corporate finance through courses at NYU’s Stern School of Business. The program’s small size, with an average of 12 students per year, ensures students receive plentiful feedback and attention from their professors. In addition to their courses, the class meets weekly with editors from the most prestigious news organizations, and students are individually paired with mentors from leading news outlets. In the summer, they gain additional hands-on reporting experience during full-time internships in New York City — an undisputed capital of media. Every year, we also travel (all expenses paid) to London for a week-long seminar studying the U.K. and European Union economies. Graduates have gone on to jobs at leading news outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, the Financial Times, CNN, CNBC and many more.

 

A Journalism Degree Bolstered by MBA Courses

Students in Business and Economic Reporting engage in an innovative course of study that combines rigorous reporting training with in-depth coursework in NYU’s top-ranked Stern School of Business. They graduate fluent in the economics and finance sector and ready to report on the world’s most exciting stories from day one.

Our Curriculum

Prof. Steve Solomon
 

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Reuters. CNBC. The Wall Street Journal.

BER students study journalism in the beating heart of the media industry, New York City, and quickly develop a network of industry peers and mentors. They graduate with an extensive portfolio of work created through full-time internships and rigorous coursework, and virtually all of them land jobs in top financial publications within a few months of graduation.

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Faculty

Stephen Soloman

Stephen D. Solomon

Professor | Director, Business and Economic Reporting


Marjorie Deane Professor of Journalism

Stephen D. Solomon is director of the M.A. concentration in Business and Economic Reporting, which he founded in 1999. His latest book, Revolutionary Dissent: How the Founding Generation Created the Freedom of Speech, explores how the raucous political protest of the nation’s founding period gave meaning to the freedoms of speech and press at a time when it was a crime to criticize government and public officials. He is currently working on a book, to be published by Bloomsbury Press, that will tell the narrative story of the birth of America’s Bill of Rights. He is founding editor of FirstAmendmentWatch.org, a website that launched in October 2017. It provides news, commentary, and legal and historical context for the many free speech conflicts around the U.S., as well as educational materials for colleges and universities. He served as director of NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute from 2020 to 2023.

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Mentoring Program

We believe that our students will benefit greatly from relationships with outstanding journalists as they seek to create their own paths in the world of business journalism. We view this mentorship program as a valuable tool to help BER students connect with accomplished professionals for advice on their journalism education and their careers.

Each of our mentors is a distinguished graduate of the BER program.

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Vivian Giang

Vivian Giang

The New York Times

Jasmin Barmore

Jasmin Barmore

The Detroit News

 
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Travel the World

BER students travel to London, England every summer to study in seminars with top economists and journalists. This annual trip is fully funded and paid for by the Marjorie Deane Financial Journalism Foundation and NYU BER.

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Recent Published Work

BER faculty and students are active and regular contributors
to top national and international publications.