New York Times' Norris to receive SABEW achievement award

Floyd Norris, The New York Times’s chief financial correspondent, will receive the 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers at its 45th annual conference in Baltimore on April 28.

He covers the world of finance and economics in print with his weekly column and online with his blog “Notions on High and Low Finance.” Both also appear in the International Herald Tribune.

“Floyd’s groundbreaking, insightful coverage of the world of business has earned him the respect and admiration of colleagues. SABEW is pleased to acknowledge his contribution to the field of business journalism with the Distinguished Achievement Award,” said Gail DeGeorge, Sunday/Enterprise Editor at the South Florida Sun Sentinel and president of SABEW.

Norris is the 18th business journalist to receive SABEW’s highest award since it its inception in 1993. Other winners include: Barney Calame and Paul Steiger of The Wall Street Journal; Stephen B. Shepard, BusinessWeek editor in chief; Carol Loomis of Fortune; and Myron Kandel of CNN.

Before joining The New York Times in 1988, Norris worked at The Associated Press and Barron’s magazine. He is a co-author of “The New Rules for Personal Investing,” 2003, and the co-editor of “The New York Times Century of Business,” 1999.

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