SABEW board voting starts Monday
Voting for the SABEW Board of Governors opens Monday, June 7 and closes at 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 11. Voting members will receive the ballot information direct from the online voting service provider Opavote.org on Monday. If you are the voting member for your newsroom and also have an individual membership, you will receive two separate […]
Bloomberg reporter Hagan receives Best Young Journalist Award
SABEW Canada has presented its Jeff Sanford Best Young Journalist Award to Shelly Hagan of Bloomberg News. Hagan graduated from the University of Missouri in 2017 and joined Bloomberg as a Canadian economy reporter in September 2019, a little more than six months before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Since then, she has been responsible for […]
SABEW Canada outstanding achievement award to Babad
SABEW Canada has given its Outstanding Achievement Award to longtime business journalism Michael Babad, who died last year. Babad spent two decades as a senior business editor at The Globe and Mail, where he was universally beloved—a near-miraculous accomplishment in the journalism game. His writing displayed that rare combination of deep business knowledge and sly humor, […]
SABEW Canada names Best in Business finalists
SABEW Canada named Wednesday the finalists for its Best in Business competition. They are: Audio or Visual Storytelling Kyle Bakx (CBC News), “Portrait of retail survival: Inside a strip mall during COVID-19” Gabriel Friedman (Financial Post), “Down to Business: ‘No science’ behind lobster dispute” Rob Carrick, Roma Luciw, Kiran Rana, Hannah Sung, Amanda Cupido and […]
SABEW names Best in Business winners
Some of the biggest business stories of 2020, including an investigation into President Donald Trump’s taxes, a special report on human trafficking in a booming southern city, and an ambitious package on racial inequality, are among the winning entries in the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s 26th annual Best in Business competition. Judges awarded 78 […]
SABEW launches mentorship program for college students of color
Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing president Kim Quillen sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Diversity is a priority for many of our newsrooms, and it is for SABEW as well. That’s why I’m excited to share that SABEW is launching a mentorship program designed to encourage college students of color who are considering careers […]
SABEW’s Best in Business contest is now accepting entries
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing is now accepting entries for its 25th Best in Business competition. Last year, 183 news organizations across all platforms participated. There are two new categories this year — data journalism and the business of sports. Three things to know about the 2020 Best in Business contest: It is […]
SABEW Canada names Best in Business award winners
The Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) announced Wednesday the winners of the 6th Annual Best in Business Awards competition, recognizing outstanding business reporting published in 2019. Audio or Visual Storytelling Gold Sean Stanleigh, Stephanie Chan, Laura Regehr, Ann Lang and Tara Deschamps (The Globe and Mail), “Industry interrupted” Silver […]
SABEW names shortlist for book award
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced Thursday the shortlist for its inaugural Best in Business Book competition, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding business books published between July 30, 2019 and July 30, 2020. A prestigious panel of judges, led by Pattie Sellers, selected the top five books and seven honorable mentions from 41 entries. […]
SABEW calls on lawmakers to fund data collection
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing sent out the following statement on Thursday: As the nation pores over news about workers and the workplace this Labor Day, many stories are based on data from federal and state governments. Data is critical to telling not just the stories of workers but of many aspects of […]
