Master of Science in Business Journalism

Students will study data journalism, reporting and storytelling, media law and entrepreneurship at one of the nation’s leading journalism schools, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, home to the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. Additionally, students will take online courses in economics, finance, accounting, statistics, markets and organizations offered

Instructors include renowned journalists and communicators such as Andrew Leckey, Reynolds Endowed Chair in Business Journalism and former syndicated investment columnist and CNBC anchor; Pulitzer Prize-winning data specialist Steve Doig, Cronkite’s Knight Chair in Journalism; and Retha Hill, a former vice president for BET Interactive who leads the Cronkite School’s New Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab.

The online degree is expected to attract students from a variety of backgrounds: aspiring business journalists, reporters who want to improve their understanding of finance and working journalists looking to improve their economic coverage of topics from sports to sustainability. The online Master of Science in Business Journalism program also will be of value to communications professionals in public relations, education or other public or private environments in which an understanding of business and economics and how to effectively communicate on those topics, is essential. The program is open to students both in the United Kingdom and abroad.