SABEW Best in Business contest adds new categories
The 19th annual Best in Business competition from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers will open for entries on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. The contest, the largest of its kind, honors excellence in business journalism across all news platforms. “Honoring the best work in business journalism is one of the most exciting and […]
Special SABEW seminar in biz journalism ethics
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will conduct a two-day journalism ethics symposium in downtown Phoenix on Oct. 24 and 25. The event, open to the public, will feature prominent journalists including Margaret Sullivan, Clark Hoyt and Barney Calame, who all have been public editors at The New York Times; Aaron Brown, former CNN […]
SABEW offers training in covering how biz and government intersect
Reporters who want to learn more about federal data and the business of government are invited to be part of special immersion training be conducted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in January. The weeklong session, Jan. 12-17, is thanks to a $50,000 donation from the Chicago-based Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Family […]
SABEW, national business journalism organization, at a crossroads
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the largest group of business journalists in the country, had its annual fall conference in New York last week. More than 255 journalists registered for the two-day program. It was the best turnout in the four years since SABEW revived a fall training event in 2010. In […]
SABEW to recognize top young business journalist
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will honor the nation’s top young business journalist with a new award named after one of its past presidents. The Larry Birger Young Business Journalist Award will be presented March 29 at SABEW’s annual spring conference at the Cronkite School in Phoenix. Made possible by a $5,000 […]
SABEW shuffles leadership
A business journalist scheduled to become president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2014 has stepped back from that role, while the organization’s board named a Bloomberg News editor to its executive ranks. Beth Hunt, manager of editorial operations for American City Business Journals, had been slated to be vice president […]
Jim Cramer and Al Lewis of Dow Jones: Separated at birth?
Dow Jones Newswires columnist Al Lewis says that many of his readers tell him he looks like Jim Cramer of CNBC and TheStreet.com. On Saturday night, the two met at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ event in Washington, DC. What do you think? Separated at birth?
Seven biz journalists elected to SABEW board
Seven business journalists have been elected to the board of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, which also installed a new president on Saturday evening. The board members elected are: 1.Diana Henriques, a contributing writer to The New York Times; 2. Andrew Leckey, president of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business […]
Good and bad in business journalism, says Cramer
There are some good and bad areas of business journalism, said CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer, and also some areas that could use improvement. “Business journalism is now everywhere, and just a keystroke away, as it should be,” said Cramer, who was the dinner speaker at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers […]
The value of ethics in business journalism
The ethical rules of business journalism online should not be any different than the standards for traditional print or broadcast business journalism, said a group of top business journalists on Saturday. “It’s a lack of common sense,” said Karen Pensiero, assistant managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, about the problems that can occur with […]
