Content will be business journalism's salvation
Great stories and investigations will allow business journalism to thrive even as the industry struggles to redefine itself, said Floyd Norris of the New York Times at lunch on Monday at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual conference. “In some cases, things have never been better,” said Norris, noting that he had […]
Keep your business section and thrive
Watchdog, explanatory journalism about business will help business desks maintain their sections by proving their relevance to readers, said business editors at a Monday morning panel at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual conference. “We at the Charlotte Observer are not thinking about combining our section right now,” said Patrick Scott, business […]
Do you have business journalism ethics?
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual conference kicked off Sunday with the Gary Klott Ethics Symposium, where SABEW members were asked to answer what they would do to certain ethical scenarios. Here are a few: 1. Your business desk covers Ajax Chemicals, one of the biggest and most important companies in the […]
Reuters sees the future of news in multimedia
Betty Wong, the global managing editor for Reuters News, sent a letter Sunday to attendees of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual conference discussing changes at the wire as a result of its merger with Thomson. Wong wrote, “We see the future of news as multimedia. We are in the process of […]
SABEW annual conference starts Sunday
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual conference will be held in Baltimore during the next three days, and Talking Biz News will be there to provide coverage. Among the sessions that will be covered will be talks from Floyd Norris of The New York Times and Steve Pearlstein of The Washington Post, […]
The death of the business section shocking? Maybe not
Alexis Glick of Fox Business Network ran a segment today about how some metro newspapers have cut their standalone business sections, and she interviewed Gail DeGeorge, president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, as well as Edward Atorino, a media industry analyst for Benchmark Co. On her blog, Glick writes, “Shocking? It depends […]
Biz editors defend mortgage crisis coverage
Joe Strupp of Editor & Publisher writes Tuesday that business editors at newspapers across the country believe they have done a good job at covering the mortgage crisis and warning readers before it hit. Strupp wrote, “Chuck Hawkins, deputy business editor for the Associated Press — which provided such coverage for hundreds of newspapers — […]
Check out the innovation room
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual conference next month in Baltimore will have a new feature — an innovation room where business editors and reporters can show journalists at other papers what they’re doing online. Cliff Cumber, the business editor of the Frederick News-Post in Maryland, is organizing the effort. “To be […]
Eleven seek six SABEW board seats
Eleven candidates are running for six vacant seats on the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ board of governors. The top six vote-getters will serve three-year terms, beginning at the group’s annual meeting in Baltimore on April 28. The candidates and their respective media outlets are Kathy Brister, Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Cliff Cumber, Frederick News-Post; […]
SABEW to offer conference call on covering the economy next week
Day after day, economic stories get Page 1 play, reflecting the turmoil in the housing and credit markets, the soaring price of fuel, the wave of buyouts and layoffs. Which numbers are the most important? What data and coverage can be localized? How can you get people into data-based stories? The Society of American Business […]
