Nineteen journalists receive money to attend SABEW

Nineteen journalists have been chosen to receive scholarships to attend SABEW’s 50th anniversary conference in Washington, D.C., April 4-6.

Funding came from four separate sources – SABEW’s Dave Morrow and Benita Newton funds, plus charitable contributions from the Goldschmidt Family Foundation and the SABEW chair at the University of Missouri, according to Warren Watson, SABEW executive director.

Here are winners of this year’s grants:

MORROW FUND –

· Cassie Cope, student journalist, University of South Carolina
· Matthew Kish, reporter, Portland (Ore.) Business Journal

NEWTON FUND –
(Designated for minority journalists)

· Wendy Lee, reporter, Southern California Public Radio
· Meena Thiruvengadam, independent journalist, Chicago
· Marissa Evans, independent journalist, Milwaukee
· Gabriela Rico, reporter, Arizona Daily Star
· Lisa Du, reporter, Newsday
· Robyn Hutson, student journalist, Howard University

SABEW CHAIR –
(Preference given to 2012 SABEW Best in Business winners)

· Jim Doyle, reporter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
· Kevin Allenspach, reporter, St. Cloud (Minn.) Times
· Joanna Sullivan, editor, Baltimore Business Journal
· Elvina Nawaguna, reporter, Reuters
· Karen Miller, business editor, Reading (Pa.) Eagle
· Adam Sichko, reporter, Business Review (Albany, N.Y.)
· Megan Schnabel, business editor, Roakoke (Va.) Times

GOLDSCHMIDT FOUNDATION –

· Steve Reiss, managing editor, Crain’s Chicago Business
· Whit Richardson, business editor, Bangor (Maine) Daily News
· Rachel Bonar, student journalist, Missouri State University
· Sarah McBride, reporter, Reuters