Jane M. Folpe is an independent consultant with over 15 years experience in the field of international journalism. A native English speaker, Ms. Folpe is bilingual in Spanish and has journalism, curriculum and program development, and teaching experience in both languages. 

Most recently, as Associate Director of Continuing Education at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Ms. Folpe acquired a broad expertise in designing and developing programs on business and economics, international affairs, and journalism for U.S. and foreign news media, industry, and educational clients. She was also responsible for the financial management of all programs in her area. 

In addition, Ms. Folpe has taught classes on how to use the Internet to cover international business and economics at the Columbia-affiliated Universitat de Barcelona BCNY Master in Journalism Program in Spain and she lectured on this subject at workshops elsewhere. Ms. Folpe is a co-author of “Business and Economic Reporting: Covering Companies, Financial Markets and the Broader Economy,” published by the International Center for Journalists in 2005, Ms. Folpe also authored chapters on accounting and Internet reporting in “Covering Globalization: A Handbook for Reporters,” which was published by Columbia University Press in 2004. 

Prior to coming to Columbia, Ms. Folpe was a reporter at Fortune and deputy editor of Fortune’s Spanish-language supplement, Fortune Americas. She began her career in journalism at the Washington bureau of the Spanish daily, El Pais, where she also served as a visiting editor on the foreign desk in Madrid. She was the recipient of a Fulbright grant to research press coverage of the monarchy in Spain.