Congratulations to Dr Charles Read of Cambridge University, who was a Marjorie Deane intern at The Economist in 2013, for the publication of his new second book; this time it is about the relationship between British economic policy and financial crises over the past two centuries. This book exposes, for the first time in modern scholarship, the… Read More Alumni update: Charles Read’s second new book
Congratulations to Dr Charles Read of Cambridge University, who was a Marjorie Deane intern at The Economist in 2013, for the publication of his new book about the Irish famine and the 1847 financial crisis. The book describes the consequences of the British budget of February 1847, which contained unfunded tax cuts and a borrowing… Read More Alumni update: Charles Read’s new book
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Congratulations to Antonia Cundy, a former Marjorie Deane intern at the Financial Times in 2020, who has recently been hired as the newspaper’s special investigations reporter. You can follow her writing on this page. Read more about the internships that the Marjorie Deane Financial Journalism Foundation funds here.
The foundation recently received the following update from Farooq Baloch, who took the MA course in financial journalism (MAFJ) this past academic year at City University of London. You can read more about the journalism courses that the foundation financially supports here. I am excited to share with you that I have just signed a… Read More Alumni update: Farooq Baloch
The Economist recently advertised this year’s internships funded by the Marjorie Deane Financial Journalism Foundation, and there are three weeks left before the deadline to apply: We invite promising journalists and would-be journalists to apply for the 2022 internships, which are supported by the Marjorie Deane Foundation. Successful candidates will spend three months with The Economist in… Read More Vacancy reminder: Marjorie Deane internships at The Economist
The foundation has just received the news that Simon Foy, a former Marjorie Deane school on City University of London’s MA in financial journalism course, from the cohort of 2018-19, has just been awarded “Gold” in the city and business category in MHP’s 30 To Watch Young Journalist Awards 2022. Many congratulations, Simon! Read more… Read More Former Marjorie Deane scholar wins “Gold” in MHP’s 30 To Watch Young Journalist Awards 2022
The Economist has just advertised this year’s internships funded by the Marjorie Deane Financial Journalism Foundation: We invite promising journalists and would-be journalists to apply for the 2022 internships, which are supported by the Marjorie Deane Foundation. Successful candidates will spend three months with The Economist in London writing about finance and economics. Applicants are asked to… Read More Vacancies: Marjorie Deane internships at The Economist
Today’s Wincott Foundation awards ceremony in London saw several former scholars and interns supported by the Marjorie Deane Foundation at the start of their careers shortlisted for prizes. The Wincott Foundation was set up in 1969 in honour of Harold Wincott, the most distinguished economic journalist of his day in the UK. Its prizes for… Read More Former Marjorie Deane Foundation scholars honoured at Wincott Foundation awards
City students go in-depth on China Week-long symposium offers essential insights from journalists and experts China’s role in the global economy was the subject of a special four-day symposium in May for students on City’s MA Financial Journalism course. Devised and led by Vincent Ni, China editor of The Guardian, the symposium included a packed… Read More City University of London financial-journalism course holds China summit
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