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Reload your skills at SABEW's annual conference

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold its annual conference in Denver on April 26 through April 28, and the program has a number of skills sessions for business journalists to help them advance their careers.

Those sessions include:

“The Power ofÂ Twitter and otherÂ Social Networking” sites to helpÂ build your source network and break stories,Â with CUNY DigitalÂ MediaÂ professor Sandeep Junnakar;
“CreatingÂ aÂ Podcast”Â with CNET managing editor Tom Merritt, co-host of the CNET technology podcast “Buzz Out Loud”;
“GoodÂ WritingÂ StillÂ ShinesÂ Online” withÂ University of Missouri professor andÂ renowned writing coach Jacqui Banaszynski;
“An Introduction to FlashÂ Online Design Software” with Christine Birch, features design editor of the Rocky Mountain News;
“OrganizingÂ YourÂ TechnologyÂ Using RSSÂ Feeds andÂ OtherÂ TimeÂ Savers” with Denver PostÂ managingÂ editorÂ digitalÂ mediaÂ Mark Cardwell;
“Write Fast forÂ Online”Â like the wire services byÂ taking theÂ BreakingÂ News drill thatÂ Thomson Reuters training manager Greg McCune delivers toÂ Reuters reporters;
“InterviewingÂ Like an FBI agent,”Â one of the most popularÂ sessions ever at SABEW, brings inÂ FBI agents to tell you how theyÂ elicitÂ informationÂ without waterboarding.

To register for the conference, go here.