Programme
Specialism Modules
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Module 1: Global Political Economy
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Module 2: Business Journalism
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Module 3: Financial Journalism
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Module 4: Dissertation
Please Note:
The specialisms differ; not only in their content but in approach. It is your responsibility to choose your specialism carefully as it is not possible to switch once the programme has started.
City Information
The three courses we offer at City are intended to enable students to bring together rigorous academic understanding and explanation of business and finance with the practical knowledge and experience that comes from being based in one of the three key centres of global business and finance.
The courses integrate theory and practice in a variety of ways. The core course in Global Political Economy is taught by Professor Roger Tooze and will provide the key concepts and theoretical understanding necessary for any critical analysis of business and finance
The course in business will cover the key elements of business analysis and business journalism necessary for understanding contemporary global business structures and processes. It is taught by Roger Jeal, a business journalism lecturer and editor who was a correspondent and desk editor at Reuters for 27 years, covering a wide range of business and economic issues.
The final course in Finance follows a similar pattern – finance is the core activity of global business and understanding global finance is a necessary prerequisite for successful journalism in this field. The Finance course is taught by Donald Nordberg–formally Vice President, Reuters America.
In 2008, 2009, and 2010 students on the programme were offered internships by Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal. Students from the City specialism are currently working for companies and organisations including:
- Global Debt Capital Markets Reporter, Thomson Financial News (London)
- Reporter, Dow Jones Newswires (London)
- Speech writer, OPEC (Austria)
- Chief copy editor, Hurriyet Daily News & Economic Review (English language newspaper, Turkey)
- Associate Director, Kreab Gavin Anderson (London)
- Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (Oxford)
- Manager Asia-Pacific, ABI Public Relations (London)
- Associated Press (China)
- Bangkok Post (Thailand)
- Communications manager, The Fowler Center For Sustainable Value, Case Western Reserve University, USA
- Reporter at Handelsblatt (Dusseldorf), German financial newspaper.
- Feature Journalist at Dagens Næringsliv Norwegian ‘Financial Times’.
- BBC World Service (London)
- Reporter, Bloomberg News, London
- Web editor, The Wall Street Journal, New York
- Assistant Editor, Platts (A McGraw-Hill company)
- Writer, CAI business newswire, Beijing, China
- Journalist, Bureau of Investigative Journalism
- Research Analyst, The Asian Banker
- Reporter, DebtWire part of the Pearson Group.
- Reporter, China Daily
- Analyst, Global Business Reports
- Reporter, DebtWire (London)
- Reporter at Infrastructure Journal (London)
- Assistant editor at Platts (London)
- Web content producer, Reuters Insider (London)
- Reporter at GBR reports
