Our mission at the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism is to enhance the quality and depth of business and economic news coverage. Financed by a $3 million grant from the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation, the Center was established at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York in January 2014 to support veteran business journalists and train young reporters entering the field.

The McGraw Center commissions in-depth stories on serious economic and business topics through the McGraw Fellowships in Business Journalism. The Fellowships provide experienced journalists with a stipend of $5,000 a month for up to three months to produce a distinguished piece of investigative, analytic or narrative business journalism. We publish the stories in partnership with established media outlets. The stories also run on the McGraw Center web site.

Another key goal is to promote the development of future business journalists. The McGraw Center funds scholarships for students at the Newmark J-School who concentrate in business reporting; we also provide stipends for those who undertake summer internships in business news.

Finally, as part of our mission to serve the greater professional community, the McGraw Center holds panels and events on topics of interest to business reporters and editors. We also support continuing education seminars on a variety of issues to strengthen the skills and knowledge of business journalists.