Last Thursday evening, he shared his experiences and his encouragement with approximately 20 young journalists in a Medill lecture hosted by Professor George Harmon. It's great for students to hear someone who can see it all, who can grasp the interconnectedness. Currently the editor of the Business Herald in New Zealand, Oram spoke to the mostly graduate-level students about the excitement and opportunity he saw on the financial beat.
Numbers are another language.
Professor George Harmon said he brings in outside guests like Oram so students can see where their classwork might take them. Oram said that any writer interested in global relations, economics or politics was easily qualified to meet the growing demand. I am not convinced that it works the other way around. After graduating with degrees in political science and economics, he entered Medill's graduate program. The unlimited flow of information over the Internet and growing economic interdependence have made news, particularly financial news, increasingly international, he said.