Bloomberg-ACJ in pact for financial journalism programme

Bloomberg News and Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) have launched a co-branded financial journalism programme in India. The ACJ-Bloomberg Postgraduate Program will teach students the latest journalism skills related to writing and editing, digital and multimedia reporting, ethics, investigative reporting, fundamentals of finance and government reporting, says a press release.  The applications to the course, which starts in July, opened on Tuesday. 

“There is no business and financial reporting programme in India and it is a data driven field. So, there was an opportunity for us to do something,” says Parry Ravindranathan, managing director, international, Bloomberg Media Group. Bloomberg is one