Wharton School
Wharton Joins Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
and National Press Foundation
to Host Business Journalism Seminar
Feb. 21, 2005, Philadelphia — Business reporting gets more complicated — and more vital — every day. Even for veterans, there’s no better time to polish reporting skills and learn some new ones. The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School is joining with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the National Press Foundation to offer a special one-day business journalism seminar on March 28, 2005 at Wharton West, the School’s facility in San Francisco.
The program is designed with plenty of time for questions and answers and everything is on-the-record. Much of the day will emphasize understanding financial statements. A maximum of 25 journalists will be admitted.
The seminar will begin at Wharton West and will move to the nearby Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for additional discussions and a tour of the vault. Sessions include:
Understanding Financial Statements – John R. Percival, Ph.D., adjunct professor of finance and specialist in executive education, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Revenue Sharing: The New Way of Sports Business – Charles Grantham, former executive director, the National Basketball Players Association; Senior Fellow, Wharton Sports Business Initiative
Understanding Economic Indicators – Gary Zimmerman, Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
A tour of the Federal Reserve Bank
For more information, go to: www.nationalpress.org
About the National Press Foundation
The educational mission of the National Press Foundation is to provide professional development opportunities for editors, producers and reporters, helping them better understand and explain the impact of public policy on readers and viewers. Programs are conducted in the nation's capital and other locations, including overseas.
Since 1976, the National Press Foundation has provided opportunities for more than 5,000 journalists to discuss significant issues with leading authorities at more than 300 conferences on topics ranging from agriculture and economics to politics and zoology. One of the oldest continuous journalism education organizations in the country, the National Press Foundation's balanced programs thoroughly explore all aspects of contemporary issues without bias or prejudice. Guided by internationally recognized leaders in newspapers, magazines, broadcast, cable and satellite television, the Foundation is advised by experts in each field in which it gets involved. In 1993 the Foundation incorporated the Washington Journalism Center within its activities.
About Wharton West and the Wharton School
Founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school in the United States, the Wharton School has approximately 4,600 undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral students, more than 8,000 participants in its executive education programs annually, and an alumni network of more than 80,000 worldwide. The executive MBA program was one of the first programs launched at Wharton West, the School’s campus in San Francisco. Executive MBA students attend classes on alternate weekends and during two week-long sessions in the summer. Students based in San Francisco have the option of spending a semester at Wharton’s Philadelphia campus, and Philadelphia-based students have the opportunity to study at Wharton West. Because Wharton students live and work together during focused on-site sessions, they have an opportunity to forge close connections with classmates as well as to foster critical teamwork skills.
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