June 2024 Fiscal Reporting
MONDAY June 17
9 a.m. – 10 a.m.: Welcome and Introductions
10 a.m. – 3:30: Budgets A to Z with Greg David (includes lunch break).
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 Budget workshop
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Group dinner
TUESDAY June 18
9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Bonds 101 Greg
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: How States and Cities Raise Money: All You Need to Know About the Bond Market with Matt Fabian
12:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: How to apply this on your beat. Genna Contino
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch break
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Get to Know EMMA
For reporters covering state or local government, the Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA®) website provides free access to detailed information about the financial health of states, cities and counties, as well as many hospitals, universities, stadiums and other ventures financed by public debt. Staff from the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board will demonstrate how to find data and information on EMMA, from public finance credit ratings to comprehensive annual financial reports. This interactive session will also highlight several EMMA tools and resources that can assist reporters with monitoring state and local finances and identifying potential stories.
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 Budgets and Bonds wrapup
WEDNESDAY June 19
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.: Tax incentives and TIFS with with Arlene Martinez, Good jobs First and
A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch break
1:30 p.m. to 2:45 – The short course on pensions
3 to 4:30 Covering infrastucture and other big Biden programs
THURSDAY June 20
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: The nation’s housing crisis and how to cover it
10:00 The basics with Greg David
10:00 What’s happening around the country. Vicki Been, Furman Center
11:30 to 12:30 The 5 most important things in covering housing with Conor Doughrety, NYT
12:30 to 1:30 Lunch
1:30 to 3:45 Story workshop
4 pm to 5 pm Budget standards with Bill Glasgall, Volcker Alliance
FRIDAY June 21
9:30 a.m. – to 11:30 Wrap up with Greg David
JULY LOCAL ECONOMIC REPORTING SESSION
Monday July 8 9 a.m. to 5 pm
How to cover a local economy. We will examine all the data available to cover a local economy and how to use them in stories and trace the pandemic economic plunge and the recovery
Tuesday July 9
9 to 12:30. Tax incentives: How governments use them and abuse them and how to cover them
1:30 to 5. The Housing Crisis. Every area of the country has failed to build enough housing. We look into how bad the crisis is and what is being done about it around the country and the best approach to writing housing stories.
Wednesday July 10
9 to 12. Big Money for your Hometown. The Biden Administration’s three major domestic accomplishments–infrastructure, inflation reduction and CHIPS Act–are sending billions to every state in the country. We go over what is happening and how to cover it.
12 to 2: Working lunch and workshop: Writing better stories
