SABEW seeks biz journalists to run for board

Serving on the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing Board of Governors is a great opportunity for business journalists to shape the future of the organization and build a stronger industry.

Online ballots will be cast for six open SABEW Board of Governors seats with three-year terms ending in ending in 2026 and one ending in 2024. If you are interested in running, send your statement of intent, bio and photo to Tess McLaughlin at tmclaughlin@sabew.org, by 5 p.m. ET Wednesday, April 5. You must be a SABEW member in good standing. Membership is defined in Article III: Membership, Section 1 of SABEW’s bylaws.

Voting will commence on Friday, April 14 at noon ET and close on Friday, April 21, noon ET.

Interesting in running? Check out SABEW’s bylaws, board responsibilities, member benefits and mission. Want to find out more? Email incoming SABEW President Desiree Hanford at d-hanford@northwestern.edu.

Voting members will receive their ballot information directly from online voting service provider Opavote.org. Institutions get one vote per organization and individuals get one vote. If the person designated to vote on behalf of your organization has changed, or you are unsure who your representative is, please contact McLaughlin.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.