Ex-SABEW president named editor of Arizona paper
Jill Jorden Spitz, a former Society of American Business Editors and Writers president, has been named editor of the Arizona Daily Star, the newspaper in Tucson. A story on its website states, “Jorden Spitz joined the Star in 1998 as a reporter and also has served as business editor, assistant managing editor and was most […]
BuzzFeed’s Alden wins SABEW’s Birger award
William Alden, 27, a San Francisco-based business reporter for BuzzFeed News covering the technology industry, is the 2016 winner of the Larry Birger Young Business Journalist prize, honoring journalists younger than 30. He will receive the award and a $1,500 honorarium Oct. 7 at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ New York Fall […]
SABEW Canada names new chair
Dawn Calleja of Report on Business magazine is taking over as chair of SABEW Canada. Calleja replaces Bryan Borzykowski, who helped found SABEW Canada in 2014 and led it until this year. Borzykowski will stay on as a board member. “I’m excited to be taking over from Bryan, who has done an incredible job building SABEW […]
SABEW president accepts job at Columbia Journalism Review
Cory Schouten, the president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, has accepted a position at Columbia Journalism Review. Schouten will start next week as senior editor/interim managing editor at CJR. The magazine’s board is currently searching for a successor to editor Liz Spayd, who’s taking over as the New York Times public editor. Schouten […]
SABEW seeks entries for Birger Young Business Journalist of the Year award
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers seeks entries for the Larry Birger Young Business Journalist of the Year Award. The award is named after the late Larry Birger, former Miami Herald business editor and SABEW president. Contest opens June 1, 2016. Deadline for entries is Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, and the winner will be announced […]
Three incumbents, three new members elected to SABEW board
Six business journalists, including three new members, were elected to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers board of directors. The three incumbents re-elected to three-year terms are James Madore of Newsday, Xana Antunes of Quartz and Sapna Maheshwari of BuzzFeed. The three new board members also elected to three-year terms are are Amy Gleason of […]
SABEW board says it is not endorsing board candidates
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers, which is holding its annual meeting in Washington, announced Friday that its board is not endorsing candidates running for spots on its board. On May 10, SABEW sent an email to its members eligible to vote for the board that it was recommending that they vote for […]
Eight biz journalists seeking six SABEW board seats
Eight business journalists, including three incumbents, are seeking six spots on the Society of American Business Editors and Writers board. The three incumbents are James Madore of Newsday, Xana Antunes of Quartz and Sapna Maheshwari of BuzzFeed. The five others are Amy Gleason of S&P Global Market Intelligence, Caleb Silver of Investopedia, Roseanne Gerin of […]
SABEW Canada names Best in Business winners
The Canadian branch of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers announced Thursday the winners of the second annual Best in Business Canada competition. More than 100 business journalists attended its awards show held at Valdez restaurant in Toronto Wednesday night, surpassing the attendance last year. This year’s event featured a new category — […]
Annual SABEW conference is in DC next month
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the world’s largest organization dedicated to business and financial journalism, will be holding its 53rd Annual Spring Conference next month. Highlights of the convention, to be held May 19 to May 21 in the Washington, DC, area, include a keynote going behind the scenes of the Panama Papers […]
