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. […]

SABEW names its Best in Business winners for 2018

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announces the results of its 24th annual Best in Business competition, which recognizes outstanding business journalism of 2018. Panels of judges selected 74 winners and 47 honorable mentions from 946 entries. Submissions came from 175 news organizations across all platforms representing the breadth of business journalism, from […]

Singletary to receive SABEW’s Distinguished Achievement Award

Michelle Singletary, nationally syndicated personal finance columnist at The Washington Post, will receive the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s highest honor, its Distinguished Achievement Award, for 2019. The award is given to an individual who has made a significant impact on the field of business journalism and who has served as a nurturing […]

NPR biz editor Gogoi named to SABEW board

Pallavi Gogoi, chief business editor at National Public Radio, has been appointed to the board of governors of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. Gogoi leads the network’s coverage of the most essential financial, economic, technology and media stories of the day. Gogoi has been appointed to the board seat previously occupied by […]

SABEW Canada now accepting Best in Business entries

The SABEW Canada Best in Business Awards, celebrating excellence in Canadian business journalism, is now accepting entries. This is the fifth year for the awards, which are sponsored by the Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. The BIB Awards are the only journalism awards program in Canada that specifically recognizes […]

SABEW selects 20 journalists for Goldschmidt fellowship

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) has selected 20 business journalists for the five-day SABEW Goldschmidt Data Immersion Workshop, which will be Feb. 25 to March 1 in Washington, D.C. Fellows were chosen from a pool of 39 applicants. The workshop will focus on understanding how the government creates and uses data, and participants will […]

SABEW’s Best in Business contest opens for entries this weekend

The 2018 Best in Business awards contest by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing opens for entries at midnight, Dec. 1. The BIB awards are the only comprehensive set of awards honoring excellence in business journalism. The contest is open to stories from Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2018. Winners will be honored on Friday evening, May […]

Bloomberg’s Ossinger to receive SABEW’s President’s Award

Joanna Ossinger, markets editor at Bloomberg News, will be presented with the President’s Award by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing on Oct. 25 during SABEWNYC18, its annual fall conference in New York. Ossinger, a former SABEW board member who served as SABEW president from 2015 to 2016, was chosen for this honor based on her years of service […]

Cheddar’s Heath wins SABEW Birger Award

Alex Heath, 25, a senior reporter for Cheddar, is the 2018 winner of the Larry Birger Young Business Journalist contest, honoring journalists younger than 30. Additionally, the judging panel chose to honor two finalists — Dani Burger of Bloomberg News and Robert Hackett of Fortune. Made possible by a $7,500 gift from rbb Communications of Miami, the award commemorates Larry Birger, a former Miami […]