SABEW accepting applications for data immersion workshop

Learn from government professionals that gather and analyze the nation’s economic data at SABEW’s 2022 Goldschmidt Fellowship data immersion workshop that runs from Sunday, March 20 through Thursday, March 24 in Washington, D.C. With the workshop focusing on understanding how the government uses data, fellows will also receive training on FOIA and learn how to […]

SABEW’s Best in Business contest now accepting entries

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing is now accepting entries for its annual Best in Business Awards. Submit your entry before the early-bird deadline of Jan. 6, 2022, and save $15 per entry. The final deadline for all entries is Wednesday, Feb. 2. Early-Bird Entry Fees:  $60 for Story Type and Story Topic […]

“An Ugly Truth” wins SABEW Best in Business Book award

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced Monday that “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination” is the winner for its second annual Best in Business Book Awards. The competition recognizes and celebrates outstanding business journalism in books published between July 31, 2020, and July 31, 2021. The book is written by […]

SABEW, South Carolina name recipients of Morrow Scholarship

The 2021 recipients of the David J. Morrow Scholarship for Business Journalism at the University of South Carolina are Jade Crooks, Stephen Pastis and Shelby Naillon. Crooks, a junior, is a career studio peer educator for the USC Career Center and a copy editor for South Carolina’s student newspaper, The Daily Gamecock. Naillon is a […]

SABEW fall conference next week to focus on the future of work

Leaders from big business, government, unions and journalism will converge at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s annual virtual conference next week on Oct. 12-14. The three-day conference is themed “The Future of Work: The Changing Global Workforce and how it’s Reshaping Business.” The conference will feature the following speakers: Dr. Scott Gottlieb, […]

CNBC’s Herera to receive SABEW DIstinguished Achievement Award

Sue Herera, one of the founding members of CNBC and anchor-at-large, will receive the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s Distinguished Achievement Award for 2021. The award is given to an individual who has made a significant impact on the field of business journalism and who has served as a nurturing influence on others in the profession. […]

SABEW announces shortlist for Best in Business Book Award

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced the shortlist for its Best in Business Book Awards, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding business books published between July 31, 2020, and July 31, 2021. Submissions came from publishers such as Penguin Random House-Crown, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, PublicAffairs and Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The overall […]

SABEW hires Ernst as program and content director

Tobin Ernst has been hired by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing as its program and content director. He will focus on SABEW’s training programs, events, partnerships and communications for business journalists. Ernst has been working alongside journalists for more than 20 years in various PR roles. He has successfully developed and executed internal […]

Barnhart, longtime Chicago Trib biz journalist, has died

The Society for Advancing Business Reporting and Editing reports that past president William “Bill” Barnhart passed away over the July 4 weekend. Barnhart was with the Chicago Tribune for 26 years. He began his career in journalism in 1970 as a police reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago wire service. Later, Barnhart covered […]

Silver to become SABEW president

Caleb Silver, editor-in-chief and senior vice president at Investopedia, will be installed as the new president of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing on Thursday at noon during the annual membership meeting. He succeeds Kim Quillen, business source editor at Chicago Tribune, who served as SABEW’s president for the past year. Silver has […]