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The Dow is volatile, unemployment is up, foreclosures are skyrocketing, deflation is rumored, credit is frozen, consumer spending is down.
This Webinar, done In partnership with the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and originally broadcast Jan. 14, 2009, addresses how to cover news on the financial crisis when it changes daily.
The economic recession is a confusing story, with all sorts of statistics and indicators that most journalists are encountering for the first time. And it affects much of what we cover, from state governments (can they afford schools and health care?) to the theater (can people afford to attend?) to highways and bridges (will public works projects target them?).
What Will I Learn:
- What "recession" means, how it has come to be and how this one differs from previous recessions
- About the stimulus package put in place by the Bush administration and the steps the Obama administration is likely to take
- How to interpret complicated employment reports and other statistical indicators
- About key players involved in setting economic policy, including the White House, Congress and the Federal Reserve System
- What to look for in the months ahead
Who Should Take this Course:
This course is for journalists who cover a vast array of topics: from Wall Street to Main Street; the banking and insurance industries; federal, state and local governments; transportation; consumer issues; and much more. Whether you cover this issue on a national, state or local basis, you'll learn how to guide your readers and viewers through this complicated story.
Course Instructor:
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Douglas Holtz-Eakin is the Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Paul A. Volcker Chair in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Training Partner:
Knight Center for Specialized Journalism
The Knight Center for Specialized Journalism provided free in-depth training seminars for print, broadcast and online reporters, editors and editorial writers for 22 years before closing in December 2009.
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