Jobs

Our students get good jobs, even during a time of crisis and cuts throughout the news media. Of the students who graduated from the BER program over the last six years, 84 percent secured jobs right out of school working as business writers and producers. The news organizations include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, The Financial Times, Reuters, Bloomberg News, Forbes magazine, Money magazine, and other publications. Of these students, more than half had never published an article before studying with us in the BER program.

Why do our graduates do so well? They receive excellent skills training in reporting and writing. They develop intellectual depth in business and economics through study at NYU’s prestigious Leonard N. Stern School of Business. And they participate in an extraordinary internship program that takes advantage of the numerous opportunities available in New York, the center of business journalism.

Job Placements: 2004-2023

BER-23: Class of 2021-2022

14 students completed the program as of May 2023. Their first jobs as of May 2023 included:

  • Bloomberg
  • Reuters
  • Fortune
  • Forbes
  • Euromoney Institutional Investor
  • IPVM

  • Coindesk

  • 9fin
  • Inside P&C
  • Northeastern Global News
  • WeWork
  • Enpal

BER-22: Class of 2020-2021

8 students completed the program as of May 2022. Their first jobs as of May 2022 included:

  • Reuters
  • Bloomberg Industry Group
  • Forbes
  • Coindesk
  • Fox Business
  • Marketwatch

BER-21: Class of 2019-2020

10 students completed the program as of May 2021. Their first jobs as of June 2021 included:

  • Bloomberg (2 students)
  • Business Insider (2 students)
  • Coindesk
  • Financial Advisor IQ (A Financial Times publication)
  • Morning Brew
  • Reorg
  • Stocktwits

BER-20: Class of 2018-2019 (December 31)

11 finished the program by December 31, 2019 and 1 by May 31, 2020. Their first jobs as of July 2020 included:

  • Wall Street Journal
  • Bloomberg (internship)
  • Reuters
  • CNBC
  • CNN
  • Coindesk
  • Debtwire
  • Detroit Free Press
  • Euromoney Institutional Investor
  • Forbes (internship)
  • Reorg (2 students)

BER-19: Class of 2017-2018 (December 31)

Eight students finished the program as of December 31, 2018. Below are their first jobs by April 2019.

  • Bloomberg (internship)
  • Forbes (2 students)
  • Yahoo Finance
  • Debtwire
  • The Deal
  • Fund Intelligence
  • LevFin Insights

BER-18: Class of 2016-2017 (December 31)

Eleven students finished the program as of December 31, 2017. All had secured jobs by June, 2018.

  • Bloomberg
  • CNBC
  • Yahoo Finance
  • Debtwire (2 students)
  • Coin Desk
  • Dai1Media
  • FoodPeriod.com (startup)
  • Freelance (in Hanoi)
  • Freelance (in New York City)
  • Cypress Telecom

BER-17: Class of 2015-2016 (December 31)

Nine students finished the program as of December 31, 2016. Eight secured jobs by June, 2017, seven of them in business journalism.

  • Wall Street Journal
  • CNBC
  • Investopedia (three students)
  • Bond Buyer
  • Finance Information Group
  • RBC Global Asset Management

BER-16: Class of 2014-2015

Eleven students finished the program as of December 31, 2015. All secured jobs by June, 2016.

  • Barron’s
  • Bloomberg
  • Forbes (two students)
  • Money
  • Inc.
  • CNBC
  • CNBC (then moved to Cheddar)
  • Japan Times
  • Source Media
  • Business Insider (internship)

BER-15: Class of 2013-2014

Nine students finished the program as of December 31, 2014. Nine secured jobs by Junel 1, 2014, all but one of them in journalism:

  • Bloomberg
  • American Lawyer
  • MergerMarket/DealReporter (now at Reuters)
  • Private Equity International (2 students)
  • Investment News
  • Business Standard (India)
  • Xinhua News Agency (Beijing)
  • E Fund (corporate communications)

BER-14: Class of 2012-2013

Fourteen students finished the program as of December 31, 2013. Thirteen secured jobs by April 1, 2014:

  • Barrons
  • Forbes (2 students)
  • Bloomberg (3 students)
  • CNN Money
  • ABC Good Morning America
  • CNBC.com
  • TheStreet.com
  • American Metal Market
  • FSR magazine
  • China Daily (Beijing)
  • Business Times (Singapore)

BER-13: Class of 2011-2012

Eleven students finished the program as of December 31, 2012. Nine secured jobs by April 1, 2013:

  • The Wall Street Journal
  • Reuters
  • CNN Money
  • Fox Business
  • CNBC
  • Environment and Energy Publishing
  • Young Entrepreneur
  • Visual Measures (video analytics and marketing company)
  • Capgemini Consulting

BER-12: Class of 2010-2011

Eleven students finished the program as of December 31, 2011. All eleven students got jobs in business journalism:

  • Dow Jones Newswires
  • Dow Jones Marketwatch
  • Bloomberg
  • Time Magazine Business
  • Business Insider (3 students)
  • Mint (India)
  • New York Observer
  • Merger Market
  • Institutional Investor News

BER-11: Class of 2009-2010

Eleven students finished the program as of December 31, 2010. Seven students got jobs in business journalism. Three decided to accept jobs in corporate communications and one did not look for a job:

  • Dow Jones Newswires
  • Reuters
  • CNBC Larry Kudlow Report
  • CNBC.com (went on soon to Dow Jones Newswires)
  • AOL WalletPop
  • American Metal Market
  • NJ Biz
  • Park River Fund Solutions
  • Edelman Public Relations

BER-10: Class of 2008-2009

Eleven students finished the program as of December 31, 2009. Nine students began working in business journalism. Two decided to accept jobs in corporate communications or Wall Street analysis:

  • Dow Jones Newswires (2 students
  • CNN Money
  • Bloomberg News (went on to Reuters TV)
  • CNBC in Singapore
  • The Financial Times (Debtwire)
  • Bond Buyer (internship)
  • Patch in Chicago
  • Freelancing (1 student)
  • Lazard Capital Markets
  • United States Armed Forces

BER-9: Class of 2007-2008

Eight students finished the program as of December 31, 2008. Six of the eight have secured writing jobs at the following news organizations (two others are freelancing):

  • Forbes
  • Money magazine
  • Dow Jones Newswires
  • Reuters
  • MSNBC
  • SiliconAlleyInsider.com

BER-8: Class of 2006-2007

Ten students finished the program as of December 31, 2007. All ten have secured writing jobs at the following news organizations:

  • The Financial Times
  • The Washington Post
  • Forbes.com
  • Dow Jones Newswires
  • Dow Jones Newswires (Singapore)
  • Bloomberg News
  • Breakingviews.com
  • Caijing Magazine (China)
  • Mint (India) This student started at The Wall Street Journal

BER-7: Class of 2005-2006

Ten students finished the program as of December 31, 2006. Eight secured writing jobs at the following news organizations.

  • The Wall Street Journal (China)
  • Dow Jones Newswiresc
  • Bloomberg News
  • Bloomberg News
  • TheStreet.com
  • TheStreet.com
  • Russia Today (Russia)
  • CNBC

BER-6: Class of 2004-2005

Eight students finished the program as of December 31, 2005. Seven are working at the following news organizations (one has returned to school to earn an MBA):

  • The Wall Street Journal
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • Inc. magazine
  • SmartMoney.com
  • Reuters
  • Breakingviews.com
  • Investor’s Business Daily

First-Time Jobs

The following is a list of the first jobs that students have received upon leaving the program in Business and Economic Reporting:

Magazines
Forbes (3 students)
Money (4 students)
Business Week
Laptop Magazine
US Banker
American Lawyer
Russia Today
Caijing

Newspapers
The Wall Street Journal (5 students)
Financial Times (2 students)
New York Daily News
Hartford Courant
Long Island Business News
The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Kathmandu Post (Nepal)
El Financiero (Santo Domingo)
South Florida Business Journal
Investors Business Daily
Magyar Hirlap (Hungary)
O Estado de Sao Paulo (Brazil)

News Services
Reuters (8 students)
Dow Jones News Service (7 students)
Bloomberg News (4 students)

Broadcasting
MSNBC
Bloomberg TV (2 students)
CNBC (3 students)
CNN
WBUR Boston (NPR)
KCTV 5 Kansas City
Korean Broadcasting System (Seoul)

Online
The Wall Street Journal Online
Forbes.com (3 students)
TheStreet.com (6 students)
MarketWatch
Breakingviews SiliconAlleyInsider

Book Authors (3 students)