Joyce Barnathan

Joyce Barnathan is president of the International Center for Journalists, a non-profit professional organization working to foster high-quality journalism across all media platforms. Created in 1984, ICFJ is the premier trainer of global journalists and media organizations, and has offered programs, workshops, fellowships and exchanges to more than 40,000 journalists around the world.
Previously, Ms. Barnathan served as the executive editor, Global Franchise, for BusinessWeek. She oversaw editorial quality for existing line extensions, managed editorial product launches, created alliances, and ensured the integration of BusinessWeek offerings across all delivery channels.
During her BusinessWeek career, Ms. Barnathan also served as assistant managing editor, responsible for the magazine's Finance, Economics, Investing and Lifestyle departments. Prior to that, Ms. Barnathan completed a seven-year assignment as Asia regional editor and Hong Kong bureau manager. In addition to her reporting and writing duties, Ms. Barnathan coordinated BusinessWeek's growing network of correspondents and stringers throughout Asia. During her tenure, the magazine won three Overseas Press Club Awards for coverage of the Asia financial crisis, Indonesia, and the global economy.
Ms. Barnathan joined BusinessWeek in 1990 in New York as international department editor, responsible for editing, reporting, and writing stories on international business and news events. There she anchored a team that won the Overseas Press Club Award for its coverage of China's prison labor. Ms. Barnathan came to BusinessWeek from Newsweek, where she began her career in 1979 as senior editorial assistant in the foreign department. In 1981 she was named State Department correspondent, and in 1983 she became special projects correspondent, working on the 1984 presidential election special. In 1985 she moved to Moscow as bureau chief. Her coverage of President Reagan's Moscow summit won an Overseas Press Club Award, and her coverage of Chernobyl earned a National Headliner Award.
Ms. Barnathan holds a BA in Russian and Chinese studies and an MA in Asian studies from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as an MA in journalism from the University of Missouri.