Salt Lake City paper fights for incentive records
The Salt Lake Tribune has been requesting records from the state about companies that have received tax incentives, but has yet to get the information because the governor has been fighting the request. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Thursday. Tribune staff writer Rebecca Walsh writes, “In January, a Tribune business reporter requested […]
SABEW Best in Business award winners named
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has named the winners in its 11th annual Best in Business contest, which recognizes the best overall publications, as well as best breaking news, enterprise and special projects reporting in business journalism during 2005. The contest received 850 entries from daily newspapers, business weekly newspapers, magazines, wire […]
Interim named permanent Houston biz editor
Laura Goldberg, who has been interim business editor at the Houston Chronicle since last summer, has had the “interim” removed from her title, according to an announcement in the paper. Goldberg replaced George Haj, who became deputy managing editor/news last June. Haj is a SABEW board member. “Laura already is a forceful advocate for expanding […]
Carol Loomis to receive SABEW award
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers selected Carol Junge Loomis, a journalistic fixture at Fortune magazine who’s often regarded as the best business writer in the United States, as this year’s recipient of the group’s Distinguished Achievement Award. Loomis, 76, has worked at Fortune for 52 years and has kicked corporate shins for […]
SEC chairman to speak at SABEW conference
Christopher Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission that’s embroiled in a media-rights dispute, on May 1 will speak to the annual conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. The SEC in February subpoenaed two business reporters, touching off a furor in the journalism industry over press freedom. Cox later rebuked […]
SABEW conference scholarships for journalists
The SABEW Chair and the University of Missouri are sponsoring two scholarships for journalists from small and mid-size newspapers to the annual SABEW conference, April 30 through May 2 in Minneapolis. Applicants should be full-time journalists and SABEW members. These scholarships, worth more than $800 each, cover registration and three nights lodging. Please submit a […]
One day newsroom management course
Does this conversation sound familiar? “Congratulations! You are the new Assistant Managing Editor/Business, with 20 business section staff reporting to you. Welcome on board! “And by the way: • You must cut 10% of your department budget within two months. We need your proposed cuts by next Friday. • Performance appraisals for all your staff […]
SABEW annual conference draws near
Registration deadline for the 43rd Annual Conference for The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) is fast approaching! This year’s conference promises to be exciting. Speakers will include William W. McGuire, M.D., president, chairman and chief executive officer of United HealthCare Corporation, Christopher Cox, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Cargill’s CEO […]
Scholarships to SABEW conference available
Two scholarships to the annual SABEW conference to be held April 30 through May 2 in Minneapolis are being offered by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at the American Press Institute. Applicants should be full-time journalists who cover business and supervisor approval is required. These scholarships, worth more than $800 each, […]
Bloomberg Atlanta bureau chief leaving the biz
Adam Levy, the Atlanta bureau chief of Bloomberg News who grew its operations in the South from a one-person shop operating out of the attic of his Decatur home into an eight-person bureau in downtown covering an 11-state region, announced his resignation from the wire service Wednesday after 13 years. Levy is becoming a partner […]
