SABEW receives $25,000 grant for ethics
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has been awarded $25,000 from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation to launch several ethics-based initiatives. The grant is the second awarded this year to SABEW from the Oklahoma City-based journalism foundation. In May, the group received a challenge grant funded by Ethics and Excellence as […]
There are government numbers, and then there is the truth
Orange County Register columnist Jon Lansner, a former SABEW president, notes in his real estate blog that government statistics are notoriously bad, yet many business and economics journalists continue to report them as if they were the truth. He uses the new home sales statistics as an example: “News flash! New homes sales nationwide were […]
Rocky Mountain News biz reporter dies of heart attack
John Accola, a business investigative reporter at the Rocky Mountain News, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack, according to business editor Rob Reuteman. He was 56. Accola was a winner, with colleague Peggy Lowe, of a 2000 Best in Business award in the Spot Enterprise – Giant Newspapers category. He authored or co-authored a […]
SABEW receives grant from foundations
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has received a $25,000 grant sponsored by the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism, Ford, and James L. and John S. Knight Foundations for capacity building efforts. This grant will match each dollar SABEW raises up to $25,000. The match will double your dollars, and if you have […]
Baltimore Sun to cut stock listings, add daily features
The Baltimore Sun will cut its daily stock listings from two pages down to one, but add daily features to the expanded news hole, assistant managing editor for business Bernie Kohn wrote in Sunday’s paper. Kohn, a SABEW board member, wrote, “Tuesdays will have a new Personal Finance page featuring a second weekly column by […]
SABEW to present at SAJA conference
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will present a panel on business journalism on July 14 at the South Asian Journalists Association annual convention and job fair in New York City. The panelists will include Newsday’s James Madore, Forbes.com executive editor David Andelman, CJR Daily assistant managing editor Mark Mitchell and SABEW board […]
Jaffe: Demise of stock tables changes investing habits
MarketWatch columnist Chuck Jaffe, a former president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, writes a column Wednesday about the demise of stock tables within newspapers. He notes that he went to a SABEW conference about a decade ago when he was with the Boston Globe where the topic was discussed. When he […]
Baruch professor Mills to head Bloomberg's education coverage
Baruch College journalism professor Joshua Mills, who is a board member of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, is leaving his academic post to head up Bloomberg News’ efforts in covering the world of education, from kindergarten all the way up to college. Bloomberg has decided that it wants a team of six […]
Myron Kandel on business journalism
I had the opportunity to speak this morning to Myron Kandel by telephone. Kandel is the founding financial editor of CNN News, and he was formerly a business reporter for the New York Times and business editor of the Washington Star, New York Herald-Tribune and New York Post. He has been a past president, twice, […]
Qwest misses opportunity for good biz press
Rocky Mountain News business editor Rob Reuteman, a SABEW board member, writes in Saturday’s paper that telecommunications company Qwest has misses a golden opportunity to improve its coverage in the business press by refusing to capitalize on the fact that it refused the federal government’s request to hand over records of phone calls made by […]
