Applied Economic Journalism Workshop

This professional training course, designed for journalism graduates, offers an intensive specialization in economic and financial journalism.

• Master the language of economics and finance to accurately interpret data, balance sheets, indicators, and industry reports.
• Develop the critical judgment to analyze economic news and its implications.
• Write with professionalism and rigor on economic and financial topics, with a firm grasp of the sector's core concepts.

With a practical and theoretical approach, the program provides the necessary tools to understand and cover complex news from the worlds of business, macroeconomics, and the stock market.

Module 1. Business fundamentals and labor law: legal structure, business classification, collective agreements, and introduction to accounting.

Module 2. Financial and economic analysis: interpretation of balance sheets, income statements, key ratios, and asset valuation.

Practical workshop on employment, wages, and training.

Module 3. Corporate finance and markets: capital increases, stock market, indices, derivatives, and financial risk.

Module 4. Essential macroeconomic indicators: GDP, inflation, unemployment, theoretical approaches, and stabilization policies.

Practical workshop on company results.

Module 5. Fiscal and monetary system: structure of public budgets, fiscal policy, and money supply and demand.

Practical workshop on stock market information.

Practical workshop on covering a press conference.

Module 6. Global economy and international integration: roles of central banks, exchange rates, balance of payments, and international trade.

Practical workshop on economics and/or international trade.

Practical workshop on writing a news story based on public budgets.