July 26, 2017

NYU Business and Economic Reporting students win five of the six scholarship awards given in 2017 by the New York Financial Writers Association

NYU Business and Economic Reporting students win five of the six scholarship awards given in 2017 by the New York Financial Writers Association

BER winners of the 2017 New York Financial Writers Association Scholarships. Left to right: Yueqi Yang, Britt Martin, BER Director and Professor Stephen D. Solomon, Mike Juang, and Yifan Yu. Not shown: Krystal Hu.

NYU Business and Economic Reporting students won five of the six scholarship awards given in 2017 by the New York Financial Writers Association. The merit-based competition is open to any graduate or undergraduate student in the New York tri-state area who is interested in business journalism. Of the 13 students who are enrolled in NYU’s BER program, five of them were awarded NYFWA scholarships: Mike Juang, Britt Martin, Krystal Hu, Yueqi Yang, and Yian Yu.