Eight running for SABEW board
Members will be casting online ballots for candidates running for the board of governors for the Society of American Business Editors and Writers starting today at 1:30 p.m. EST until 4 p.m. Saturday, April 25. Eight candidates will vie for board slots, six three-year terms ending in the spring of 2018, one two-year term ending in the […]
SABEW announces finalists for Canadian Best in Business
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers Canada announced Wednesday the list of nominees for its first-ever Canadian Best In Business competition, which recognizes outstanding business reporting published or broadcast in 2014. The nominees represent some of Canada’s most venerable news organizations, including Canadian Business, Bloomberg Canada, The Globe and Mail, the Wall Street […]
Majority of biz journalists have received a raise in past year
A majority of business journalists in the United States received a pay raise in the past year, according to an informal study of more than 200 business reporters and editors conducted in the last month by Talking Biz News and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Of those who received raises, three-fourths said […]
Ex-SABEW leader to become newspaper executive editor
Former Society of American Business Editors and Writers executive director Warren Watson is returning to daily journalism. Watson will join the Alton Telegraph, a seven-day newspaper, as executive editor. He will start in early April. The paper is owned by Civitas Media, which owns about 100 newspapers, based in Davidson, N.C. It represents a return […]
SABEW announces Best in Business Awards
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers announced Monday honorees in its prestigious 20th annual Best in Business competition, which recognizes outstanding business stories published or aired in 2014. The 119 honored works represent all corners of financial news, from Institutional Investor to Fortune Magazine and National Public Radio, and from Crain’s Chicago Business […]
SABEW president Wolk to join NerdWallet
Marty Wolk, the president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers who left as managing editor of MSN Money last fall, is joining the personal finance website NerdWallet. In a note to SABEW board members, Wolk wrote: I’m happy to let you know that I have a new job and will be starting […]
SABEW’s Best in Business contest starts next week
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ 20th annual Best in Business competition will open for entries on Monday, Dec.1. The year the organization will have three new categories — health care, government and energy. These new categories will celebrate the best reporting from each of these beats. In addition, other changes have been made to the […]
Ossinger named president-elect of SABEW
Joanna Ossinger, an editor with Bloomberg News, has been named president-elect of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the largest association of business journalists. Ossinger, currently treasurer, will take over at the conclusion of SABEW’s annual conference in Chicago, April 23-25, 2015, and will serve a one-year term. She has been at Bloomberg […]
SABEW President Wolk leaves MSN Money
Marty Wolk, the president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, has left his job as managing editor of MSN Money as part of companywide layoffs. In an email to Talking Biz News, Wolk writes, “Like many others at MSN and across Microsoft, I was caught up in the latest wave of layoffs […]
SABEW picks 15 journalists for health care symposium
Fifteen health care journalists have been chosen as participants for an intensive symposium focusing on the Affordable Care Act. The Society of American Business Editors and Writers program is sponsored by the University of Georgia in conjunction with The Commonwealth Fund, which is underwriting the two-day event, Nov. 13-14, at the Gwinnett campus of the […]
