Master in Economics and Business Journalism IE University

Type: Full time Master Degree (Monday - Friday)Format: Full time (Madrid) although with online optional moduleLanguage of instruction: English (Spanish Optional)Course Timeframe: October to AugustCost: The tuition fees for the Master in Economics and Business Journalism for the October 2010 intake total 19,000 Euro, including a 1,200 Euro contribution to the IE Foundation.Who:The Master in Economics & Business Journalism welcomes graduates with backgrounds from different disciplines such as Economics, Business, Journalism, Media, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, as well as Communication, Marketing and History.The Program:IE School of Communications Master in Economics & Business Journalism is designed to introduce students to the world of media and provide them with professional training on reporting and editing functions across all media. Students will be able to witness their transformation from the beginning to the end of the course. Throughout the program, their work will evolve and will become part of their portfolio of prepared pieces after formal, as well as, informal "real encounters" with their own primary and secondary sources, consisting of executives, regulators, lobbyists, stakeholders and politicians among other.The program is designed to provide students from very early on, with professional training on newsroom and freelance work for international careers in economics and business journalism for a variety of reporter and editor positions as well as careers in consultancies with a focus in financial communications, both in traditional and digital media.Aside from its very practical and professional approach, the Master in Economics & Business Journalism will focus on economics and media globalization, developing countries, national economic policies, as well as multinational corporations, publicly traded and leading strategic industrial sectors. Additionally, students will be introduced to the concept and role of philanthropic and family initiatives, consumer associations and the "small investor" within the financial market, with the goal to learn how to analyze the products of derivatives

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