In Austria, any student interested in learning how financial journalists work can sign up for the Austrian Banking Association’s “Youth – Newspaper – Business” initiative, in cooperation with the prestigious newspaper “Die Presse”. Students read the newspaper regularly and choose a topic to research, conduct interviews, and write an editorial piece, and the best articles are published in the newspaper.
Another initiative of the Austrian Banking Association is “Be your own boss”, the slogan of the educational support project “Schulbanker”, which helps children interested in learning financial skills and organises meetings with qualified experts from its member banks. Through this project, which has been running successfully for 20 years, children can sit on the board of directors of a virtual bank and experience first-hand how bank management works, gaining insight into economic relationships and business activity.
