Mexican CEO to be keynote speaker at SABEW conference
The chairman of one of Mexico’s biggest business conglomerates, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, has agreed to be a keynote speaker at the SABEW annual conference in Phoenix next March, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers announced Thursday. Salinas Pliego, chairman of Mexico’s Grupo Salinas, ranked in 154th place on the 2008 Forbes magazine list […]
ACBJ leader named to SABEW post
The Board of Governors of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers has elected Beth Hunt, manager of editorial operations for American City Business Journals, as secretary of the organization. Hunt will take office at the society’s 2010 annual conference next March in Phoenix. She has been a governor since 2008 and joined the […]
SABEW to hold training call on writing for the Web
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a conference call later this month for business journalists on writing stories for the Internet. The call, which will be held Sept. 23, at 3 p.m. EST, will discuss how to present stories more effectively online and alternative story formats. Other topics will include the […]
SABEW names new board member
Chris Peacock, executive editor and vice president of CNNMoney.com, has been named to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers board effective Aug. 31. Peacock will fill the term of Bill Choyke, who is leaving the board, until the next board election at the society’s annual conference in March. “Chris brings to the board […]
SABEW to hold conference call on unemployment stories
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a teleconference next week for business reporters looking for fresh angles on the unemployment story. The call will examine the latest regional, state and local unemployment trends, what industries are losing jobs and which ones are hiring, and what double-digit unemployment means for local businesses […]
Watson named SABEW executive director
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has named veteran journalist and media industry leader Warren Watson as its executive director. Watson has been the director of J-Ideas, a journalism non-profit serving high-schoolers across the nation, since July of 2004. J-Ideas is based at Ball State University. Watson was chosen […]
SABEW reaches fundraising goal
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers announced Friday that it had reached a key fundraising goal with the help of a former business journalist. SABEW needed to raise $50,000 to match a $50,000 challenge grant from four donors — The Ford Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the McCormick Foundation […]
SABEW to offer session for unemployed biz journalists
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a conference call later this month to help business journalists who have lost their jobs in the economic downturn and are looking for work. The call will be held on July 14 at 3 p.m. EST. The call will focus on what hiring managers are […]
SABEW to hold conference call Thursday on health care stories
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a conference call Thursday for business reporters to discuss potential health care stories. The call will be at 3 p.m. EST. The primary topic will be how potential health care reform currently being debated in Congress might affect businesses. Also discussed will be the cost […]
Blacks in business journalism
UNC-Chapel Hill business journalism student Ayana Allen attended the Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual conference in Denver last month and files this report on blacks in business journalism.
