A few times a year we organize workshops on finance and economics for reporters. These usually last from one-four days and include presentations by economists, academics and others. To apply, please contact us at journalismtraining@hotmail.com
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Freetown, Sierra Leone (February 20-22, 2008)
IPD was invited to participate in a workshop on “Budget and Financial Reporting” organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat. Speakers included former BBC reporter Orin Gordon and a number of regional journalists and officials.
To see the agenda, please click here.
To see Anya Schiffrin’s presentation on: the pros and cons of setting up a new stock market, increased regulations on disclosure, how the IPO process works and what are the main company stories that reporters are expected to cover, please click here.
There is now global agreement on the dangers of capital market liberalization and the need for trade agreements which are fair to all. New writings by Paul Collier, Jeffrey Sachs and Joseph E. Stiglitz have laid out alternatives for developing countries with resource wealth. To see Anya Schiffrin’s presentation on how thinking on development has shifted radically in the last decade, please click here.
To see pictures, please click here.
New York City, USA (March 29 - April 1, 2007)
COVERING GLOBALIZATION SEMINAR: Food, Trade, Agriculture and The Environment
Our flagship seminar on “Covering Globalization” will again be led by Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz and held at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism but this year we are adding a host of new speakers and topics and looking more closely at trade, the environment and agriculture.
Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Tamar Jacoby will speak on immigration, Wall St Journal Reporter Steve LeVine will chair a panel on oil, Ruth Greenspan Bell will moderate a session on climate change after Kyoto and Nayan Chandra will discuss what we can expect from China and India.
See the agenda here.
See the list of participants here.
For a report and more information please visit http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/events/globalization/index.asp
Johannesburg, South Africa (November
1-4)
COVERING Trade and globalization
Graduate Journalism Programme of Witswatersrand
University, and the Initiative for Policy Dialogue brought
Sub-Saharan journalists to a four-day seminar about the expansion
of free trade in African countries and its economic impact in
the region. Speakers included University of Michigan Professor
Robert Howse, the former New York Times trade reporter Elizabeth
Becker, and regional academics and journalists including Reuters
correspondent Manoah Esipisu, and Trudi Hartzenberg, Executive
Director of the Trade Law Center.
See the final agenda here.
See the list of participants here.
New York City, USA (October 9-13)
COVERING Development and Poverty
Reduction
At this special seminar hosted by the IIJ
of InWEnt in New York City, reporters from around the world learned
about the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, and the
obstacles to poverty reduction. Led by Graham Watts the week-long
seminar included lectures from Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz
and Jeffrey Sachs and United Nations representative Kamal Malhotra.
See the final agenda here.
• See Isabel Ortiz presentation on "Poverty
Reduction: From Rhetoric to Reality" here.
• See Isabel Ortiz presentation on "Development Aid in the
21st Century" here.
Manokwari and Balikpapan, Indonesia
(September 24-29, 2006)
COVERING Mining
Organized with the Pantau Foundation.
See the final agenda here.
See a list of participants here.
Prague, Czech Republic (August 24-26,
2006)
COVERING European Accession and
Economic Affairs
TOL Magazine and the Initiative for Policy
Dialogue offered a three-day workshop to Eastern European journalists.
Participants learned about the economic implications of EU accession
and how to cover basic business and economic stories. The workshop
meant to give basic knowledge on these topics to help journalists
report and write insightful stories. Speakers included international
reporter Anya Schiffrin, European Union economist Reinhilde Veugelers,
and former New York Times Prague stringer Peter Green.
See the final agenda here.
• See Mary O'Mahony presentation on "Trade
Liberalisation in SEE" here.
• See Dr. Reinhilde Veugelers' presentation
on "Widening of the EU: Eastern Enlargement" here.
• See Dr. Reinhilde Veugelers' presentation on "Market Integration:
EU Integration, Globalisation and Delocalisation" here.
• See Dr. Reinhilde Veugelers' presentation on "Deepening of the
EU: The Lisbon Strategy" here.
• See Dr. Reinhilde Veugelers' presentation on "The Economics
of Transition" here.
New York City, USA (March 30-April 2,
2006)
Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz again led a four-day seminar for journalists on "Covering Globalization" organized by the Initiative for Policy Dialogue with Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. This seminar help strengthen the economic literacy of working journalists and better equip them to produce knowledgeable and accurate work about global economic issues in a fast-changing world. Speakers included Jeffrey Sachs and Glenn Hubbard from Columbia University as well as the economist William Easterly, former New York Times trade reporter Elizabeth Becker and Fortune's International Editor, Robert Friedman.
To see the agenda click here.
Ulan Bator, Mongolia (July, 2005)
On July 5, 6, and 7 we held a three-day seminar for Mongolian journalists to discuss key development issues that Mongolia faces, the experiences of other countries, and map out strategies for future coverage. Particular emphasis was placed on the use of foreign aid and the role of mining in economic development.
Speakers included Columbia University's Jenik Radon, Anya Schiffrin and Joseph Stiglitz as well as Graham Watts from the Financial Times and development economist Isabel Ortiz.
To see the agenda click here.
See the Isabel Ortiz presentation on poverty reduction here.
See the Isabel Ortiz presentation on development aid here.
New York City, USA (April, 2005)
From March 31-April 3, 2005, we held a four-day workshop on "Covering Globalization" at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Speakers included Joseph E. Stiglitz and Jeff Sachs. Sessions included bailouts, labor, outsourcing, development and trade.
To see the agenda click here.
See Bennett Freeman's presentation here.
See Shari Spiegel's presentation here.
See Kris Urs' presentation here.
For a copy of Amy Hall’s presentation, please e-mail her directly at ahall@eileenfisher.com.
Jakarta, Indonesia (December, 2004)
On December 13 and 14, 2004, we held a two-day workshop on “Covering Labor.” The aim of the workshop was to strengthen reporter’s understanding of issues such as international and local labor standards, trade unions, corporate governance, activism, labor disputes and legal frameworks. The workshop was co-organized by the Pantau Foundation in Jakarta. Speakers included Anya Schiffrin, Columbia professor and journalist; Mila Rosenthal, Columbia professor, Dita Sari, labor activist; Kevin Cassidy, ILO; and Carmen Noriel, ILO.
See the Jakarta agenda here.
View Keith Loveard's presentation from the second day of the labor workshop in Jakarta here.
In conjunction with the workshop, on Dec. 13, there was also a book discussion about "Covering Globalization" with Anya Schiffrin at 7 p.m. at QB World Books on Jl. Kemang Raya 17, Jakarta 12720.
For more information, see the press release here.
Lagos, Nigeria (May, 2004)
A three-day workshop on "Covering Resource Wealth" was held in Lagos on
May 7, 8 and 9.
Columbia University adjunct professor Jenik Radon will be speaking.
View the agenda here.
View the press release here.
See a list of attendees here.
See Hans P. Binswanger's presentation here.
See Karen Matusic's presentation here.
See Michael Peel's presentation on tracking oil wealth here.
New York City, USA (March, 2004)
“Covering Globalization” was a four-day workshop held March 25-28, 2004 sponsored by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Speakers included William Easterly, Jeffrey Sachs and Joseph E. Stiglitz.
See the agenda here and pictures from the conference here.
Almaty, Kazakhstan (November, 2003)
On November 16, 17 and 18 there was a three-day workshop on “Covering Resource Wealth”. The aim of the workshop was to help reporters strengthen their understanding of the effect that oil wealth has on development and the importance of corporate governance. The workshop was co-organized by the Kazkahstan Press Club. Speakers included Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University adjunct professor Jenik Radon and Wall Street Journal reporter Steve LeVine. About 35 reporters attended the event.
See the Almaty agenda here.
Baku, Azerbaijan (November, 2003)
On November 19, 20 and 21 there was a three-day workshop on “Covering Resource Wealth”. The aim of the workshop was to help reporters strengthen their understanding of the effect that oil wealth has on development and the importance of corporate governance. The workshop was co-organized by the Public Finance Monitoring Center in Baku. Speakers included Inglab Ahmedov, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University adjunct professor Jenik Radon and freelance journalist Andrew Finkel. About 15 reporters attended the event.
See the Baku agenda here.
Read Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz's speech to reporters in Baku at the IPD/PFMC
workshop here.
New! The Public Finance Monitoring Center (PFMC) in Azerbaijan has posted a report of the workshop for reporters at http://www.pfmc.az/cl2_fmc/files/2004/05/21/162745774_0.pdf
New York City, USA (March 2003)
“Covering Globalization” was a four-day workshop held at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Sessions included bailouts, labor and trade. To see the program click here.
In March 2002, we gave a presentation in Hanoi on interviewing techniques which was attended by a dozen reporters and editors, mostly from the Vietnam News. We did a second presentation on “Enron and the US Media” which was attended by students and instructors from the economics department of Hanoi National University.
In August in Moldova we did a half-day workshop on privatization and covering sovereign debt crises. The speakers included IPD director Shari Spiegel, World Bank economist David Ellerman and privatization expert Gerard Roland who teaches at University of California at Berkeley. About 25 local reporters attended from both print and television.
In Spring 2001, we brought together a dozen reporters from Argentina, Ethiopia, Serbia, the Philippines, Trinidad and Vietnam for three days in Washington DC Topics covered included banking crises, privatizations and the role of the World Bank and IMF.
