Q&As with two business journalism heavyweights
I was able to get posted onto another Web site two interviews I did with two people from the Business Journalism Hall of Fame — if there was such a place. The first is with Ray Shaw, the chairman of American City Business Journals and former president of Dow Jones. Ray started his career as […]
API seminar in Memphis
I just got back today from talking at one of the business reporting seminars put on around the country by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Reporting at the American Press Institute. This seminar was held at the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. What was disappointing was the turnout. There were 17 journalists registed to attend […]
TV station and WSJ editor win awards
The Houston television station that broke the story about the problem with Firestone tires on Ford SUVs and Paul Steiger, the top editor at the Wall Street Journal, are both being honored by the University of Missouri for their work in journalism. To read more about the award, go here. I consider the KHOU-TV coverage […]
Bloomberg training
A guy by the name of Tom Contiliano is on the UNC campus today. Tom is a forensic accountant by training who works at Bloomberg News helping the journalists there understand what’s going on with the financial statements of the companies that they’re writing about. This will never happen in newspapers, but maybe it should. […]
Bad disclosure
It was recently disclosed in the Baltimore City Paper that the Baltimore Sun’s architecture writer owned real estate in a number of neighborhoods in which he writes about. Maybe it’s just me, but I think that if such a disclosure occurred on the business desk, a lot more serious repercussions than simply telling the reporter […]
A new biz magazine
The fact that Conde Nast wants to enter into the business magazine business, which was discussed in a New York Times article this morning, is not surprising when you look at the people behind Conde Nast. This point wasn’t mentioned this morning in the NYT article: Conde Nast is owned by Advance Publications, which is […]
Getting closer
The SABEW education committee held a conference call on Thursday to discuss our plans for this blog. So expect to see more posts here coming soon from others. In addition, the SABEW Board of Governers have been invited to post on the blog as well. Our hope is that comments — and traffic — on […]
SABEW fall conference in St. Louis
Early Bird Registration Ends September 6th SABEW’s Fall Writers’ Workshops will be held October 10-11 in St. Louis, Missouri. Early bird registration prices are ending September 6th, so hurry to get the discount while it lasts! Register online at www.sabew.org. SABEW Chair Scholarships for Fall Writers Workshop The SABEW Chair is offering two scholarships for […]
