SABEW calls for more funding of employment surveys
The integrity of a critical labor-market survey – used to calculate the unemployment rate and labor force participation rate – is at risk as the House and Senate debate final spending bills for fiscal 2025. The Current Population Survey, produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau, requires $20.6 million above its 2024 […]
SABEW selects 10 for economic data workshop
Ten business journalists were selected for the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s 2024 Goldschmidt FRED advanced data workshop on Oct. 14-15 in St. Louis. The Fellows will visit the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis during the program to learn about economic data. During the workshop, they will learn about different types of […]
SABEW seeks health care symposium applicants
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing is seeking applicants for its 2024 Health Care Symposium in Washington, D.C. The fellowship will give journalists a chance to take a deep dive with experts and veteran reporters into some of the big issues facing U.S. health care, from the growing impact of private equity ownership, to […]
SABEW names short list for Business Book of the Year
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced the shortlist for its fifth annual Best in Business Book Awards, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding business books published between August 1, 2023, and July 31, 2024. A prestigious panel of judges selected 22 books for this year’s shortlist. The shortlisted books are from three categories: Business Reporting, […]
SABEW’s Best in Business Book accepting entries
Have you written a non-fiction business book that deserves recognition? The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s Best in Business Book Awards will open for entries on Monday, July 8. SABEW’s fifth annual Best in Business Book Awards will have three categories for entry: Business Reporting: Books in this category must be nonfiction works […]
SABEW Canada names Best in Business winners
The Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced the winners of the 10th annual Best In Business Canada Awards on Monday night at an event in Toronto. The Globe and Mail led all outlets, outdoing their first-place showing last year with six gold awards and five silvers, which include wins […]
SABEW Canada announces Best in Business finalists
The Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced the finalists for its 10th annual Best in Business Awards competition, recognizing outstanding Canadian business reporting published and produced in 2023. This year, the BIB Canada Awards received close to 200 entries, just shy of the record number received last year. These […]
SABEW elects new board members, Nelson as president
James Nelson, business editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, was installed as the new president of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing during its annual conference board meeting on April 20 at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University’s downtown Chicago campus. Nelson succeeds Desiree Hanford, a Northwestern […]
Murphy receives SABEW’s President’s Award
Dean Murphy of The New York Times has received the President’s Award at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing annual conference in Chicago. The President’s Award is given by the current SABEW president at their discretion. Murphy has been a SABEW board member. He is currently the associate managing editor for investigations at the Times. His career, […]
Eight seeking seven SABEW board seats
Eight business journalists are running for seven board seats at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. Voting ends on Friday, April 19 at 5 p.m. Ballots will be cast for seven open seats with three-year terms ending in ending in 2027. The candidates are: Mark DeCambre, Editor-in-Chief, MarketWatch; Stuart Elliott, Editor-in-Chief and CEO, […]