Alumni of the Global Business Journalism gathered Dec. 7 in Beijing for the first reunion of the 5-year-old program. About 40 graduates, journalism professors, and friends of the program attended the dinner reception.

Graduates took turns giving updates on their careers and plans. A majority are working in communications fields such as journalism and public relations while some are in finance and business consulting.

Program Co-director Hang Min named some graduates to organize a formal alumni group and encouraged all to use the GBJ Weibo (Chinese Twitter) account as a way of staying connected.

The reunion began with a welcome from Lee Miller, GBJ professor and Bloomberg editor-at-large, who hosted the event at the company offices in the financial district.

He said his company's support for GBJ was exemplified by editor-in-chief Matt Winkler’s phone call to a new hire, Stephen Tan, who is a GBJ alumnus. Winkler told Stephen he was proud of him and glad to see the program bearing fruit.

“We’re all a family,” Miller said. “We can support each other and help each other just like we would our own family.”

GBJ Co-director James Breiner said the program would not be possible without the generous support of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Bloomberg.