In an age of policy whiplash, economic uncertainty and information overload, explaining complex issues to the public has become one of journalism’s most demanding tasks. Drawing on decades in U.S. business and political journalism, Mark Hamrick and Angela Greiling Keane told Global Business Journalism program students that clear reporting begins long before the first sentence is written. “You have to understand what you’re dealing with before you can translate it for someone

Huang Shan, director and senior fellow at Caixin Insight, said that America and China are creating incompatible tech ecosystems, from AI to EVs. The winner will set the rules for the 21st century, and the era of global collaboration is over. During a visit to the Tsinghua University campus on November 10, Huang urged students in the GBJ program's Hot Topics course to forget the trade wars. The real battle for the future is happening in the world of tech, and it is dividing

The second longest government shutdown in American history has turned into a blame game between intransigent partisans, CNBC Washington correspondent Emily Wilkins told Tsinghua University students on Oct. 13. “Democrats are confident that they can win the messaging battle on this — that if they go to the American people and say Republicans are trying to make your healthcare more expensive and we're fighting for you, the American people will support Democrats in the shutdown,

There is no such thing as neutrality in international reporting, veteran Xinhua News Agency Washington correspondent Deng Xianlai told Tsinghua University students on Sept. 29.  “Every report, every story, has its unique perspective — a perspective that represents the author's stance, or the stance of those backing it,” Deng told Global Business Journalism students. "I believe there is no absolute neutrality in journalism. Let me repeat: there is no absolute neutrality in

Just like that, the incoming class of 2025 has completed orientation and is deep into the new semester. We're already through the drop-and-add part of the fall semester and ready for the October holiday break (all too early this year). Welcome to the new Global Business Journalism incoming students. Vietnam boasts the largest number of first-year GBJers with three, followed by the United States, Russia and Malaysia with two. We also have our first student from the South Ameri

An unforgettable month – 4 field trips to media HQs, 2 parties and our biggest annual event, the Tsinghua Business Journalism Forum.