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JAM 362S · also PUBPOL 370S

Business Journalism

Scott McCartneyNotable faculty

Created and wrote The Wall Street Journal's Middle Seat column for 20 years. Source

Why it's on my list

Business journalism from the creator of the Wall Street Journal's Middle Seat column.

My note, not Duke's.

Description from DukeHub

The practice of reporting on companies, finance, and economics. Students learn how to follow the money, access public documents, gain markets, and corporate knowledge, and work with financial data. For students interested in business journalism, consulting, banking, or anyone that wants to understand business media and how journalists report it. Students will gain experience reporting and producing business media.

Skills

  • writingdescription: "reporting" and 5 more
  • financedescription: "finance" and 2 more

AI-resilient: 1 of 5

  • No: Physical, lab or field work
  • No: Live work with people
  • No: Judgment someone is accountable for
  • No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
  • Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 15 seats per section

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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