The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Program in Economics and Business Journalism was created at

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in response to the growing public interest in financial news and the increasing demand for trained editors and reporters to cover the field of business and economics. The Fellowship offers free tuition plus a $60,000 stipend.

History

In 1975, under the leadership of Dean Elie Abel, the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism sought to address the problem of deficiencies in business news coverage by establishing the

Walter Bagehot Walter Bagehot ( ; 3 February 1826 – 24 March 1877) was an English journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, literature and race. He is known for co-founding the ''National Review'' in 1855 ...

(pronounced badge-it) Fellowship, an intensive year-long program of instruction in economics and business for working journalists. The co-founding directors were

Stephen B. Shepard Stephen B. Shepard (born July 30, 1939) is an American business journalist and academic who served as editor-in-chief of ''BusinessWeek'' magazine and was the founding dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Born and raised in New York Ci ...

and Soma Golden Behr. Also serving as directors were Christopher J. Welles (1977-1985); Mary Bralove (1985-1987); Pamela Hollie Kluge (1987-1990) and Pauline Tai (1990-1993). Terri Thompson served from 1993-2018, when she retired. Raju Narisetti was director from 2018-2019. Ann Grimes, the current director of the program, joined as Director in early 2020. Originally named in honor of the 19th-century economist and editor of The Economist, it was renamed the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in 1987 in recognition of the John S. and James L. Knight-Foundation's $3 million gift as an endowment for the program. Today, the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship is the only academic full-time degree-granting mid-career program for journalists devoted to the study of business and economics. Fellows receive full tuition and a living stipend to attend Columbia for one academic year. The chief criterion for selection is demonstrated journalistic excellence. Between 1975 and 2020, nearly 400 accomplished journalists completed this rigorous program; many now hold positions in newsrooms around the world.

Directors (past and present)

* Stephen Shepard (1975-1976) * Soma Golden Behr (1976-1977) * Chris Welles (1977-1985) * Mary Bralove (1985-1987) * Pamela Hollie Kluge (1987-1990) * Pauline Tai (1990-1993) * Terri Thompson (1993–2018) * Raju Narisetti (2018-2019) * Ann Grimes (2020–present)

Notable alumni

Julia Angwin Julia Angwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and entrepreneur. She is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Markup, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the impact of technology ...

John Authers John Authers (born 1966), is a British financial journalist and finance author, who spent almost three decades reporting at the ''Financial Times'' (including becoming Chief Markets Commentator and global head of the ''Lex Column''), before movin ...

Janet Bodnar Janet Bodnar is the editor of ''Kiplinger's Personal Finance'' magazine and a nationally recognized guru on personal and family finances. Prior to joining Kiplinger's, Bodnar worked for ''The Providence Journal'' and ''The Washington Post''. She re ...

Neill Borowski Neill A. Borowski is an American journalist, and executive editor of Gannett's Central New York Media Group. He was executive editor of ''The Press of Atlantic City''. from 2009 to 2013 when he joined the CNY Media Group. He won the 1994 Goldsmith ...

* David Cho * Gail Collins * Kate Davidson * Barbara Demick * Liza Featherstone * Karl Taro Greenfeld *

Gail Gregg Gail Gregg (1951- ) is an American artist, photographer, and journalist, based in New York City. Painting in encaustic, Gregg's densely layered pictures often are inspired by aerial views of the American West and refer to Minimalism, Color Fiel ...

Jan Hopkins Jan Hopkins was the President of the Economic Club of New York from 2008–2015. She was the anchor of the daily CNN Financial News show "Street Sweep" from the New York Stock Exchange. Hopkins now runs her own strategic communications and marke ...

* Mara Liasson * Dave Lindorff * Phillip Longman *

Amanda Macias Amanda Macias is an American journalist who reports on national security subjects for the financial news network CNBC. Early life and education Amanda Macias was born at Fort Bliss, in El Paso, Texas. She grew up in a military family and has lived ...

* Larry Madowo *

Floyd Norris Floyd Norris (born September 6, 1947 Los Angeles) is the former chief financial correspondent of ''The New York Times'' and '' International Herald Tribune''. He wrote a regular column on the stock market for the ''Times'', plus a blog. He now se ...

Donna Rosato Donna Rosato (born 1966) is a journalist, reporter, magazine editor, and columnist from Greenwich, Connecticut. She is a senior writer at ''Money Magazine'' and regularly contributes at CNNMoney.com. Donna wrote for ''The New York Times'' and ''Sm ...

* John Saunders * Anya Schiffrin * Donna Shaw-Bielski * Seth Stevenson *

Craig Torres Craig Torres is an American financial journalist, and reporter for Bloomberg News in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Harvard College, and was a Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1989. Torres worked for a de ...

* Ann Scott Tyson *

Mary Williams Walsh Mary Williams Walsh (born December 1, 1955) is an American investigative journalist. Background and education Mary Williams Walsh was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, in 1955. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1979 with degrees in ...

* David Wessel *

Gerri Willis Gerri Willis is an American television news journalist and former host of ''The Willis Report'', a daytime program on Fox Business, focusing on consumer and personal finance issues. Early life and education Gerri Willis was born on August 14, 1 ...

* Christine Young-Pertel

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External links

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