SABEW making diversity push in 2012
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is renewing a push to broaden its diversity efforts in 2012 ahead of its 50th anniversary in Washington and the Unity conference in Las Vegas in...
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Using social media to find biz stories
Everybody’s using social media, but where in the billions of status updates and tweets can a journalist find solid sources and important stories? The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is holding a...
SABEW receives grant for investigative reporting training
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has been awarded a $25,000 grant to provide training in investigative business reporting. The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, based in Oklahoma City, announced the...
Biz journalism needs more journalists of color
Christopher Nelson, a freelance journalist and graduate student at the Georgetown University Law Center, writes on the National Association of Black Journalists website about the lack of journalists of color he encountered when he...
Remembering Dave Morrow
Josh Dawsey, a senior at the University of South Carolina, was the inaugural recipient of the David Morrow Scholarship for Business Journalism, named after the former editor in chief of TheStreet.com. He received the...
Business journalism job market may be improving
Nearly one out of every four business news operations plan to add staffers this year, up from one out of every five in 2011, according to an informal survey of business journalists conducted by...
Expose scandals by exploring public records
By Tarini Parti Indiana reporters John Russell and Greg Andrews were both able to expose major scandals in the public and private sectors largely because of the information they learned from digging through public...
Ten tips to spotting trouble in companies you cover
By Cassie McLean Learning the implications of a just a few corporate decisions may be all it takes to foresee distress within a struggling company, said Mark Tatge, former senior editor at Forbes magazine...
Six voted to SABEW board
Six business journalists were elected to serve three-year terms on the Society of American Business Editors and Writers board of governors. Three were incumbents: Kim Quillen, business editor of The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune; Walden...
Automated reporting and business journalism
By Alex Barinka Business journalists may be racing against heartless competition as automated data-driven stories become more commonplace. Robbie Allen, founder of Automated Insights, has developed computer programs to convert sports data into stories...
