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 the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. In addition, the percentage of business news operations planning to cut staff in […]
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 records. Russell, a reporter at the Indianapolis Star, said he made 23 records requests and read hundreds of emails to write a […]
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 and a distinguished visiting professor at DePauw University. Tatge spoke at Saturday’s Society of American Business Business Editors and Writers‘ conference […]
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 Siew, a top news editor at Reuters; and freelancer Jonathan Blum. The other three elected were: Marla Dickerson, deputy business editor […]
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 that mirror sports news articles including game previews, post-game stories and player-of-the-week stories. The numbers-based data typical to sports news is […]
Simplifying financial news stories
By Jeanna Smialek Jake Bernstein and ProPublica colleague Jesse Eisinger‘s series on Wall Street’s role in the financial crisis won a Pulitzer Prize for making Wall Street’s role in the financial crisis understandable to a broad audience — and now Bernstein is spreading his ideas about simplifying financial stories. Speaking at Saturday’s Society of American […]
SABEW to hold 2013 conference in Washington, DC
The board of governors of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers voted to hold its 2013 conference in Washington, DC. The conference will be held on the George Washington University campus. The current conference is being held in Indianapolis, Ind., on the Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis campus. SABEW, which has an estimated […]
Biz journalism facing new times, needs new approach
By Jeanna Smialek Beth Hunt, director of editorial operations for American City Business Journals, said journalism isn’t facing hard times as a field – it’s facing new times, and they call for a fresh approach to the industry. Hunt, whose company specializes in weekly business newspapers and websites, spoke as part of a panel on managing […]
Biz journalists need to question the numbers
By Chelsey Dulaney Duke University professor Sarah Cohen urged reporters to question the numbers Friday at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ conference in Indianapolis. Cohen — who won a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting at the Washington Post before accepting the Knight professorship for Journalism and Public Policy at Duke — spoke […]
10 vying for six spots on SABEW board
Ten business journalists are running for six three-year spots on the Society of American Business Editors and Writers board. Four of them are incumbents, while another is a former board member who was not on the board in the past year. The incumbents are: Sharon Bernstein, visiting professor, Arizona State University, Phoenix; Jonathan Blum, freelance, […]
