Acquire the skills of a specialist in Economics Journalism with this high-quality and fully up-to-date program” 

Economics is one of the most demanding areas of journalism. Its breadth and worldwide impact make it a field of interest for almost all industries and it is directly involved in other sectors such as politics, sports, entertainment, among others. For this reason, in order to provide full coverage, it is necessary to have trained professionals with ample qualities in research, analysis and media dissemination. 

In this way, this program will study all these essential concepts to understand the current situation of Journalism in general and Economics Journalism in particular. This will be done through examples, with practical cases that will allow familiarization with the reading and consultation of specialized publications in Economics Journalism. It will also analyze how the economy is reflected in the traditional media, redirecting the informative approaches and exposing in a more natural way the contexts in which the facts reported are developed. 

In addition, an overview of how sport, both at the professional and amateur levels, has important implications for the economy will be provided in order to understand the importance and influence of such events. We will also delve into concepts such as economy and business, economic crises and how they affect governments in general. 

In this way, the program becomes a unique opportunity of knowledge in which the professional will deepen in the necessary concepts to understand the current Economics Journalism. All this information will be presented through audiovisual resources, complementary readings and exercises based on real cases. 

In this way, the professional will acquire new competencies through effective dynamics that expose today's journalism.

Boost your CV with an intensive program in Economics Journalism and give your professional career a boost towards maximum competitiveness"

This postgraduate diploma in Economics Journalism contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of practical cases presented by experts in Economics Journalism
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies 
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments 

Grow with the support of a high-quality program that provides all the tools you may need”

The team of professors of the program in Economics Journalism has extensive experience in teaching at the university level, both in Postgraduate and graduate programs. In addition, they offer to the program their vision as active professionals, which allows them to know, firsthand, the deep transformation that the communication sector is undergoing. 

The methodology of the programs offered at TECH Technological University, in online format, allows students to break down the barriers imposed by work obligations and the difficult balance between work and personal life. Attending face-to-face classes is practically impossible for those who are involved in the daily demands of work. That is why this program the quality answer to your educational needs. 

All this educational compendium makes this a program of specialization in Economics Journalism that compiles all the aspects that are relevant and essential to turn the Journalism professional into an authentic expert in the fields related to this type of information.

With professors who are experts in this field of work, this postgraduate diploma is a unique opportunity for professional development"

With the best technology on the online teaching market, this program will allow you to learn fluently and efficiently"

The program in Economics Journalism will allow the professional in the area to develop his or her career in Economics Journalism in an intensive and flexible manner. For this reason, we have developed the essential theoretical content that will enable you with the knowledge and tools necessary to move on to practice, which will be developed intensively throughout the program. 

Learn in a practically focused way how to plan, obtain and transmit economic information with expert quality”

General Objectives

• Establish the theoretical basis for understanding the importance of Economic Journalism as one of the main aspects of specialized journalism
• Provide the basic tools to understand the need for journalistic specialization as an elemental value in the future perspective of journalism
• Show how a local and non-specialized newspaper deals with economic issues
• Determine the conditioning factors of economic news, both in the choice of subject matter and in the way they are approached
• Examine the socio-economic framework in which sport activities are found
• Assimilate the different business models associated with sport
• Recognize how the economic activity of sport has an impact on other aspects of society 
• Identify relevant concepts within the main areas of knowledge of economics and business
• Define key terminology that avoids confusion for the reader, the specialist in economics and business, and to establish the guidelines to be followed by the writer when presenting the fundamental ideas
• Delve into the specialization in Economics and Business terminology, as well as the identification of the underlying and relevant areas of knowledge of the same
• Present and propose an updated glossary of Economics and Business terms that will allow to develop in an autonomous and specialized way the correct elaboration of texts

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Economic Journalism

• Provide the basic notions of specialized journalism and Economic Journalism
• Understand the need for journalistic specialization as a tool to differentiate journalism in a context of “infoxication.”
• Develop fundamental concepts for the understanding of Economic Journalism
• Know the historical perspective to understand the current situation and visualize the future perspective of Economic Journalism

Module 2. Economic Journalism in a Local Newspaper

• Differentiate between objective news and conditioned information
• Show some of the informative routines (and vices) in economic news
• Analyze to what extent the quantification of economic language has influenced local journalism
• Bring the student closer to a reality about the economic journalist that is very different from the vision that can be shown in movies, series and other works of fiction
• Provide the student with the tools to form his own criteria about the economic news that appear in the local media
• Underline the translation of macroeconomics to microeconomics through local journalism

Module 3. Journalism, Economics and Sport

• Analyze the different ways of structuring sports companies and how they become major players in a macroeconomic business
• Examine the media importance of sport and its social repercussions
• Consider and reflect on the major economic impacts generated by certain sporting events
• Study the new sports journalism and the importance of social networks in it

Module 4. Concepts and Terminology of Economics and Business

• Understand and identify the terminology of general economics, macroeconomics and microeconomics, in order to contextualize the current economic situation and its influence on society and companies
• Present organizations and companies through their terminology, as well as the main relationships with their environment and other organizations
• Identify the role of Finance, financial markets and the stock market in today's economy, their relevance in society and in companies
• Define, through its terminology, accounting as a key instrument in management, taxation, presentation of financial statements and determination of corporate profitability

Make the most of this opportunity to learn about the latest advances in this subject to apply it to your daily practice”