SABEW urges SEC to limit subpoenas
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers issued a statement about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s subpoenas of three business journalists last month in regards to its investigation. The statement reads, “The Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the nation’s largest trade group for financial journalists, salutes the effort by Chairman Christopher Cox […]
Kansas City Star's Heaster to receive SABEW's President's Award
Kansas City Star business columnist Jerry Heaster was named winner Tuesday of the Society of American Business Editors & Writers’ President’s Award. Heaster is retiring this month after 27 years as a columnist and editor at the Star and is a former president and board member for the business journalism organization, based in Columbia, MO. […]
Former "Apprentice" to appear on CNBC
Broadcasting & Cable is reporting that Rebecca Jarvis, who narrowly lost the final round of Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” show back in the fall, has garnered a job as an associate reporter for business news cable network CNBC. Jarvis is the daughter of SABEW board member Gail MarksJarvis, who works on the business desk of […]
SEC commissioner backs off biz journalists
SABEW President Jon Lansner, who is also a business columnist with the Orange County Register, spoke with SEC chairman Christopher Cox on Monday about the recent brouhaha surrounding the regulatory body’s subpoenas of business journalists for one of its investigations. Lansner’s conclusion is that business journalists should not be worried; Cox does understand the role […]
Atlanta paper to cut stock listings beginning next week
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will announce in tomorrow’s newspaper that it is cutting the stock listings in its daily newspaper beginning next week, joining a list of metropolitan dailies across the country that have made similar cuts to their business sections since the beginning of the year. The AJC’s public editor, Angela Tuck, right, wrote in […]
SABEW seeks Fund for the Future donations
SABEW’s Fund for the Future is a new fundraising drive that seeks to provide this organization with the financial muscle required to create more innovative training opportunities at a cost that will fit into shrinking newsroom budgets. SABEW already helps our 3,500 members in numerous ways: from industry news and professional tips contained in our […]
SABEW board candidates announced
There are 10 candidates for the seven open board seats for the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. The positions will be voted on at the annual conference the first weekend in May in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Here are the 10 candidates: 1. William Ahearn, an executive editor at Bloomberg News. He is responsible for […]
Two new editors at ACBJ papers
Charlotte-based American City Business Journals, which has weekly business newspapers in 41 markets across the country, has named two new editors. Ron Trujillo, a veteran California business journalist, has been named editor of the Sacramento Business Journal. Trujillo joins the Business Journal from the Press-Enterprise in Riverside, Calif., where he was business editor. Prior to […]
Barney Calame to speak in Mississippi
Barney Calame, who won the SABEW Distinguished Achievement Award in 2002 and is now the public editor of the New York Times, will speak in Mississippi this coming Thursday. Calame was a long-time fixture at SABEW functions before retiring from the Wall Street Journal at the beginning of 2005. He has been the public editor […]
SABEW Best in Business contest deadline approaching
Deadline for the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ 12th annual Best in Business contest is fast approaching. This year’s competition offers two major changes: registration of all entries online at http://www.sabew.org and a new contest category for business columnists. The deadline for online registration of all entries is Feb. 1, 2006. Paper copies […]
