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2008-02-10 23:23:30

Writing about business and economics requires some specialist knowledge but also the good habits required by all journalists and an ability to express the more technical matters in simple language. Careless or unsubstantiated coverage, or the misunderstanding of financial matters, could have expensive consequences. Just repeating jargon can cause readers, listeners and viewers to 'switch off'.

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Reuters Foundation alumni take top spots in Ugandan financial news awards

Two Ugandan business journalists who attended Reuters Foundation workshops in London 10 years apart took first and second places in the Ugandan Capital Markets Authority’s first Financial Journalism Awards.

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Cairo workshop aims to help journalists probe dark corporate corners

Journalists at a Cairo workshop on “Reporting on Corporate Governance” received guidance on what to look out for and extra questions to ask as they probe into dark corporate corners and help make the way in which companies are run more transparent.

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Vietnam Financial Newswriting Bootcamp

The worsening world food crisis provided backdrop for a week-long Financial Newswriting Bootcamp in Hanoi attended by 15 Vietnamese reporters.
 

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