SABEW to hold teletraining on covering sequestration
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a telephone conference call next week for business journalists interested in covering angles of the sequestration. The call will be held on Monday, March 18 at 2 p.m. EST. The moderator will be Bernie Kohn, a former SABEW president who now is an editor at […]
What business journalists can get out of an MBA
Louise Story of The New York Times writes for a Columbia University website, Covering Business, about how an MBA can help a business journalist. Story writes, “Accounting, Statistics, Excel – if those sound like dirty words to you, you might consider forcing yourself to learn them. The basic concepts of accounting – flows versus stocks, […]
Scholarships available to attend SABEW conference
More than $10,000 in scholarship and travel aid is available for journalists hoping to attend SABEW’s 50th annual spring conference April 4-6 in Washington, D.C. The scholarships will be funded by the Goldschmidt Family Foundation, the SABEW Chair at the University of Missouri and SABEW’s Benita Newton Fund for minority journalists. Warren Watson, SABEW executive […]
Shepard, former BusinessWeek editor, to step down as CUNY dean
Steve Shepard, who was editor of BusinessWeek magazine for 20 years and then became the founding dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, announced Monday that he is stepping down at the end of the year. Shepard will remain on the faculty. A story on the CUNY website states, “A search committee will be […]
Business journalism ethics, or the lack thereof, in Hong Kong
Business journalists in Hong Kong understand potential conflicts of interest, yet some still trade in stocks of companies that they cover, according to new research from the London School of Economics. “The most striking finding is that almost half of the 12 journalists interviewed, five respondents, openly said that they or close relatives actively traded […]
Wharton offering one-day program for biz reporters
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists is offering a one-day program for business journalists in New York on March 6. To apply, go here. Through intensive lectures and hands-on exercises, the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, led by the Wharton School’s most prominent professors, help reporters gain better understanding of key business and economic issues. […]
Business journalism event in New York on Tuesday
An event examining global economic coverage by the business press will be held in New York on Tuesday morning. The event, called “Are we Being Served?” will be held at the New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, and begin at 8:30 a.m. It will explore how the global financial press interprets these crucial developments around […]
Columbia biz journalism professor wants nearly $1 million from university
Sylvia Nasar, who teaches business journalism at Columbia University, is seeking nearly $1 million in pay she claims she has not received from the university, writes Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo writes, “And in a summons served to the university this week, she’s seeking $923,000 and accusing the school of underpaying her from […]
Dow Jones News Fund seeks media for biz news internships
The Dow Jones News Fund is recruiting media and news organizations to hire 2013 summer interns for 10 weeks in its business reporting internship program. This is an opportunity for news organizations to hire great interns who have already been vetted by the Fund. Media outlets who want to enroll their own candidates in the […]
SABEW picks biz journalists for health care workshop
Seventeen business journalists from 11 states and the District of Columbia have been chosen as fellows for a special two-day education program on the business of health care, to be conducted by the Society of American Business Editors and sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund. The program will be held at Reuters headquarters at 3 Times […]
