Nicola Walton has worked as a financial journalist in broadcast and print media for many years. She was a visiting lecturer at City University’s School of Journalism in London from 2010–2014, where she taught an economic reporting module on the Financial Journalism MA course.
‘The proposal includes a nice mix of topics that largely mirror those I cover in my ""Reporting on the Economy"" course […] The global perspective of the author and text is a strength, as well […] I would certainly consider it […] The main weakness from my perspective is that it is UK-centric […] But that would obviously be a strength if you are teaching in the UK! The UK-centric approach probably would prevent it from being a required text but the global perspective could make it a useful supplement.’ –Pam Luecke, Washington and Lee University, USA ‘The key strengths of the book is that it appears to offer an accessible introduction to basic economic terms and issues […] Probably the key weakness of the book is that some of what it describes as the key issues could become dated […]It probably covers the main areas.’ –Keith Butterick, University of Huddersfield, UK ‘The approach is very practical and useful, thinking in the students. The assignments at the end of each chapter are very important […] it seems that the style will be very attractive […]It is very relevant that the author will try to think about how to be effective communicating economic news through new technologies […] I could consider including a book like this in my courses as supplementary reading, not as an essential one. The main reason –for a Spanish university- is the difficulty to adopt as a required text a book in a foreign language.’ – Angel Arrese, University of Navarra, Spain