{"id":6868,"date":"2025-04-12T22:28:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T02:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmmedia.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/?p=6868"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:32:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:32:55","slug":"prof-kristopher-brooks-to-teach-new-business-journalism-class-at-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmmedia.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/prof-kristopher-brooks-to-teach-new-business-journalism-class-at-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Khristopher Brooks to Teach New business journalism class at Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brooks on CBS News MoneyWatch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

This fall, Professor Khristopher Brooks will teach Business and Economic Reporting at Hunter College for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course teaches students to produce stories that help readers make smart financial decisions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t Brooks\u2019 first time teaching the course; he has taught it in Albany and at SUNY Purchase. But this will be \u201ca more polished and refined version,\u201d he said. \u201cAfter tinkering under the hood, I think I\u2019ve got the class where I want it to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students will learn how to sift through documents to determine whether a company is profitable. There will also be guest speakers, including business editors. Students will learn how to write a story about unemployment and bankruptcy, and how to find resources to build up a story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although it is an upper-level class, its only prerequisite is Reporting and Writing 1. Brooks says the course is for anyone at Hunter who has \u201cdecided they want to be a journalist, but do not know what beat they want to do.\u201d He hopes that, if exposed to business journalism, it could be an option that students may not have thought about before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Brooks stressed that the skills the course imparts will benefit any journalist, no matter what beat they cover. \u201cRegardless of the medium or the specialization of a journalist, this will help students learn how to find money and track down people with ease,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brooks has spent the last nine years covering business and the economy, and most recently, the housing market. He hopes that in teaching this course, he can help to encourage more diversity in business journalism. \u201cThere\u2019s a healthy amount of journalists in newsrooms now but they all look the same,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have a good chunk of business journalists of color.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brooks acknowledges that students might find the course intimidating and think it\u2019s all about the stock market and talking to CEOs. But it\u2019s about much more than that, he says, and business journalism is a growing and lucrative field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His goal is to prepare students for internships so they have a leg up when they\u2019re on the job market. For anyone looking to pursue a career in journalism and wondering if this course might be for them, Brooks is unequivocal: \u201cNow is the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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