Biz journalists doing good job with crisis, could do better
I interviewed Bernie Kohn, the president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and the head of the investigations team at the Baltimore Sun, on Tuesday to get his impressions of how the business media was covering the current economic crisis. Here are some of his thoughts: On why coverage is different now […]
SABEW to hold call Thursday on writing personal finance stories
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a conference call Thursday on personal finance stories to write now during the Wall Street turmoil. The call will be held at noon Eastern Standard Time. Panelists on the call will be Gail MarksJarvis, the personal finance and markets columnist at the Chicago Tribune; John […]
Bureau of Economic Analysis to offer biz journalists help on data
The Bureau of Economic Analysis is releasing economic data for more than 350 metropolitan areas on Thursday, and it’s going to provide help to business journalists in deciphering those numbers. The data will show the size of a city’s economy, learn whether it’s growing or declining and what industries are driving it as the BEA […]
Covering banks during a time of financial crisis
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a conference call Wednesday at noon EST for reporters on covering banks and the banking industry during the current economic upheaval. The panelists on the call will be Drew DeSilver, banking and public companies reporter at the Seattle Times; Bernie Kohn, investigations editor at the Baltimore […]
SABEW to honor "Best of the Best"
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will add a new category to its annual “Best in Business” awards to honor exceptional business journalism. The new Best of the Best awards, which will be given for the first time at the 2009 spring conference in Denver, are designed to reward the very best work […]
Bank reporting tip: Cull FDIC "call reports" for signs of failing banks
Sean Sposito, a University of Missouri journalism student attending the fall Society of American Business Editors and Writers workshop in Kansas City, filed this report on using FDIC documents to search for failing banks. Here is Sposito’s report: A bank failure here in Kansas City several months ago was reason enough to take heed of what Susan […]
Energy policy debated at SABEW conference
Steve Everly and Karen Dillon of the Kansas City Star write Tuesday about how experts debated the nation’s energy policy at the fall Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference. Everly and Dillon write, “But Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer found some flaws in Pickens’ plan. “For example, Schafer questioned whether it was wise […]
Covering the ag beat
Sean Sposito, a student at the University of Missouri, covered a session Tuesday morning at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers fall conference in Kansas City on agriculture economics and filed this report: The speakers were Missouri professors Jan Duave and Wyatt Thompson. The pupils: business reporters from publications across the country. They […]
Webcasts from SABEW fall conference next week will be available
A live webcast of some of the country’s most influential business leaders offering their perspective and vision on key issues facing our economy will be available to journalists and the general public on Sept. 8-9 through the following link: www.kauffman.org/sabew The webcast link will be available for 30 days following the event. The series of […]
Ag secretary to speak at fall SABEW conference
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer will speak Monday afternoon, Sept. 8 on the debate over “green” fuels at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual fall workshop in Kansas City, the organization announced Wednesday. Schafer joins the previously announced lineup of speakers, including NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer, Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant talking about future plans for […]
