AP business editor leaving
Kevin Noblet, business editor for The Associated Press, is leaving the wire service at the end of next week. He had been in that position since 2004 and has worked for AP for more than 27 years. Noblet would not disclose his next job. A replacement has not been named, but deputy business editor Chuck […]
New York Times' Norris to receive SABEW achievement award
Floyd Norris, The New York Times’s chief financial correspondent, will receive the 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers at its 45th annual conference in Baltimore on April 28. He covers the world of finance and economics in print with his weekly column and online with his blog “Notions […]
Biz journalist conference call on exec pay held
A panel of expert journalists and a compensation consultant gave more than 100 business reporters useful advice on how to figure out CEO pay, pensions and severance in a training teleconference Wednesday sponsored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. The 90-minute conference, accompanied by a Web-based presentation of key points and sample […]
SABEW to hold conference call on executive pay
A new proxy season is looming, and both journalists and companies are dealing with the SEC’s revised rules for corporate disclosure of how and how much top executives are paid. To help member business reporters get the details and get them right, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers will sponsor a 90-minute conference […]
SABEW seeks board nominations
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is seeking business journalists who would like to serve terms on its board of governors. Each year, one third of the board’s 18 governor seats are up for election, and SABEW is always looking for committed business journalists who would be interested in serving. SABEW is in […]
Conference call to discuss Christmas retail coverage
The day after Thanksgiving, as any retail reporter will tell you, means skipping turkey sandwiches to wake up early and trek to the mall looking for customers and merchants willing to offer up a quote. It’s time to start planning your coverage. Love it or hate it, readers and viewers count on us to cover […]
SABEW adds magazine and online categories to contest
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has added magazine and online categories to its annual Best in Business awards competition. Here is a sneak peak at some of the the specific categories: Magazine cover story Honors outstanding reporting, writing and analysis in a package featured on the magazine’s cover. Entries can include up to […]
Consumer Reports planning redesign
Consumer Reports editor Kim Kleman said Saturday that the magazine is planning a major redesign, and she recently completed a nationwide tour talking to readers about what needs to change in the magazine. Consumer Reports “is a pretty dense magazine, and that’s coming from the editor,” said Kleman, who spoke Saturday at the fall Society of […]
Biz media needs to improve drug industry coverage
GlaxoSmithKline CEO J.P. Garnier called on the business media to improve its coverage of the pharmaceutical industry, saying it reports a number of myths. “I read the press,” said Garnier at the fall Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference. “I also read the British press. So it’s painful twice.” His solution: Educate the […]
Comment this week on SABEW ethics code revisions
Gail DeGeorge, the president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, sent out the following e-mail Monday morning about revisions to the organization’s code of ethics: “A hallmark of our organization has been a strong Code of Ethics, developed amid much discussion early in SABEW’s 40 year history with an addendum hammered out […]
