Freelance business journalists must master business skills
Maya Payne Smart, a Society of American Business Editors and Writers board member and freelance journalist, writes Thursday about what freelance business journalists need to do to improve their income. Smart writes, “Beyond writing, reporting and editing chops, thriving financially outside of a traditional newsroom requires one major skill that most journalists lack: salesmanship. Commerical […]
The state of freelance business journalism
Freelance business journalists in North America make an average of $25,000 to $30,000 a year, and two out of every five were laid off, according to an informal survey conducted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. More than two-thirds of those who responded said they would not go back to a full-time […]
SABEW's Best in Business contest adds new divisions
The annual Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ Best in Business contest will open Jan. 4 with several new divisions and a new emphasis on non-traditional business news media. The 16th annual competition has been redesigned to recognize recent developments in the coverage of business news while retaining the core elements of the largest […]
SABEW to hold conference call on covering holiday retail
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a training call on Wednesday, Nov. 17, for business journalists interested in getting tips on how to cover retail during the Christimas shopping season. The call will be held at 3 p.m. Panelists on the call will be Ylan Mui, retail reporter for the Washington […]
SABEW expands into Canada
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is adding international members to its membership, adding 85 members from Canada in recent months. The biggest group of new business journalists to the organization have come from the Toronto Globe and Mail, which signed up 45 reporters and editors. Another 28 joined from Rogers Media, which […]
SABEW to assess freelance business journalism market
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is conducting an anonymous survey of freelance business journalists throughout the country to determine their pay and the type of work they perform. The results of the survey will be made available to all SABEW members by the end of the year on its site, and the […]
SABEW to hold conference call on banking
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a conference call Wednesday for reporters looking for tips on covering banking. The call will cover how new rules for the global banking industry will affect the health of banks, large and small, in the teletraining call, “Covering Banking: New Rules and Financial Health Outlook,” […]
Obama repeals SEC's FOIA exemption
Dunstan Prial of FoxBusiness.com reports Wednesday that President Barack Obama signed into law a piece of legislation that repealed the Securities and Exchange Commission‘s Freedom of Information Act exemption that had been included in this summer’s financial services reform legislation. The exemption had drawn criticism from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and […]
NYT's Nocera on Wall Street execs, reform legislation
New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera talked Friday at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference about why Wall Street executives feel defensive toward the media.
Business journalism and the economic crisis: Some good and some bad
The financial press did a an excellent job of covering the growing problems in the housing market, but didn’t do a good job of explaining what that would mean to the economy, said two prominent business journalists on Friday. “The press did not do a good job of connecting what was going on with Main […]
