SSI Speaker’s Workshop on Economics and Environmental Reporting

 

Professor Rusty Todd with the participants of the workshop in front of the Saigon times building

From June 23-26, the Ho Chi Minh City Public Affairs Section and the Saigon Times Group co-organized a four-day workshop on economic and environmental reporting for 30 economic reporters and editors from Ho Chi Minh City and key industrial provinces of Southern Vietnam. Hosting the workshop was the Saigon Economic Times, a renowned economic newspaper based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s business and economic center.

Introducing himself as an ex-reporter, the University of Texas Professor and former Asian Wall Street Journal reporter Rusty Todd provided Vietnamese reporters with up-to-date knowledge on economic and environmental reporting that included New Models for Writing Business Journalism, Basics of Business Journalism and  Environmental Economics, Dominant Issues—Globally and in Southeast Asia, The Financial Crisis and the Environment in Business Journalism, International Regulation and Data Sources, Covering the International Economy, Covering International Capital Markets, and Writing About Companies.  Participants asked Professor Todd a range of challenging questions about economics in general, as well as his experience reporting on economic, business, and environmental issues.  The speaker’s lectures generated sustained interest and enthusiasm over the four days of training.  This program promotes U.S.-Vietnam cooperation in assessing and reporting economic and environmental issues stemming from rapid economic growth as well as the global financial crisis.