Two dozen biz journalists selected for data immersion workshop
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing has selected 25 business journalists to attend the five-day SABEW Goldschmidt Data Immersion Workshop, to be held Jan. 13-17 in Washington, D.C. The fellows were chosen from a pool of 45 applicants. The workshop provides an interactive experience into how government creates and uses data. Participants will […]
Drange wins SABEW’s Birger award
Matt Drange, a staff reporter for The Information, is the 2019 winner of the Larry Birger Young Business Journalist contest, honoring journalists under 30. Additionally, the judging panel chose to honor two finalists: Ellen Huet, reporter for Bloomberg, and Casey Fabris, reporter for The Roanoke Times. Drange will receive the award, a $1,500 honorarium and […]
SABEW issues statement on the role of the financial media
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing issued the following statement on Friday: On the 125th anniversary of Labor Day, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) recognizes the contributions that our members make in delivering important information and insights to the public. At a time when markets are facing whiplash from conflicting […]
SABEW seeks biz journalists to apply for St. Louis data workshop
SABEW is seeking 20 business journalists for a first-ever hands-on workshop with FRED data at the St. Louis Federal Reserve on Sept. 19 and 20. You’ll learn how to graph differing types of FRED data, discover new data releases and find data to help you create new stories. If you use FRED data now, or […]
Birger young business journalist contest now accepting entries
Entries are being accepted for the sixth annual Society for Advancing Business Editor and Reporting award honoring a top young business journalist. The winner will receive $1,500 plus expenses for a trip to New York where the award will be presented during SABEW’s annual fall conference. Journalists 29 years old and younger during 2018 are […]
SABEW announces 2019 health care fellows
Fifteen journalists have been selected as fellows for the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s seventh annual Health Care Symposium, made possible by a grant from The Commonwealth Fund. The group will gather in Washington, D.C., June 27-29 at the National Press Club and at the Bloomberg Washington bureau. The symposium will help the […]
Six elected to SABEW board for three-year terms
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing members elected three new members to its board of governors: Alan Deutschman, professor and Reynolds Endowed Chair of Business Journalism; University of Nevada, Reno Desiree Hanford, lecturer, Medill/Northwestern University; and Scott Wenger, group editorial eirector, SourceMedia. “We are very pleased to welcome these three outstanding business journalists […]
SABEW seeks applicants for health care fellowship
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing is seeking applications for a symposium to help journalists better understand and get ahead of the complicated health care issues in the news. Space is limited to 15 journalists. Selected journalists will receive a stipend to offset travel and cover two nights of hotel for out-of-town attendees. […]
SABEW Canada names Best in Business finalists
The Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced the list of finalists for the Fifth Annual Best in Business Awards competition, recognizing outstanding business reporting published in 2018. For this year’s contest, the number of categories expanded to 15, including beat reporting, investigative, commentary, trade article, editorial newsletter and scoop, […]
SABEW names Antonelli to its board
Cesca Antonelli, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg BNA, has been appointed to the board of governors of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. Antonelli will serve out the board term occupied by Sho Chandra of Bloomberg. Chandra passed away last month unexpectedly. SABEW will be honoring her at its Spring Conference, May 16-18 in Phoenix. […]
