Stage 1: High intensity business coverage - Harrisburg

A Workshop from the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism

November 6 - November 6, 2003

Download the Agenda for Our One-Day "High Intensity Business Coverage" Workshop (PDF)

Topics to be covered in the free one-day workshops include: deciphering financial statements and Securities and Exchange Commission documents, covering business and the economy more aggressively, ethics in coverage, and effectively handling the business angles found in all beats.

These workshops launch what will be a total of 60 single-day workshops held around the country each year for the next three years. The Center, based in Reston, Virginia, at the American Press Institute and funded by a grant from the Las Vegas, Nevada-based Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, has the goal of improving the nation’s financial coverage.

"Business is a lead story in today’s news and there is business in every beat," said Andrew Leckey, director of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. "We want not only business editors and writers to attend, but also those journalists at small and large publications who from time to time cover business issues."

"I don't see how a better investment could be made in the future of business journalism than this program to make training available to reporters and editors at the grassroots level all across the land," said Byron Calame, a deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal and a former president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. "It's also very important that the program will be available to journalists who aren't directly involved in business and financial reporting, because the tools they will be given can help improve coverage in many areas."

The Harrisburg workshop on Thursday, Nov. 6, at Pennsylvania Newspaper Association headquarters (3899 N. Front St.) is hosted by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Foundation.

Learn more about the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at the American Press Institute by clicking here.

Workshop Host: Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Foundation

Workshop Location: Pennsylvania Newspaper Association
3899 N Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110-1536


Area Hotels: Participants must make their own hotel arrangements if they require an overnight stay. Nearby hotels include the following:

Days Inn Harrisburg North
3819 North Front Street, Harrisburg
(717) 233-3100

Hilton Harrisburg and Towers
One North Second Street, Harrisburg
(717) 233-6000

Fairfield Inn Harrisburg/Hershey
1018 Briarsdale Road, Harrisburg
(717) 412-4326

Radisson Penn Harris Hotel
1150 Camp Hill Bypass, Camp Hill
(717) 763-7117

The Particulars

Tuition: FREE

Hotel/Meal Package: N/A. This charge is in addition to the tuition fee, and is paid directly to the hotel by the seminar member upon checkout.

Location: Harrisburg, PA

(This seminar has already occured)