Reuters journalist resigns from SABEW board

Walden Siew, a business journalist at Reuters, has resigned from the board at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

Siew joined Reuters in August 2006 to cover credit markets and was a 2008 Gerald Loeb and National Journalism awards nominee for his reports on the global credit crisis. He is also a member of the Asian American Journalists Association.”

“The executive board knows, and it’s due to my job is ramping up,” said Siew in an email to Talking Biz News. “You can say it’s to focus on my global markets forum project.”

Siew also is a past winner of SABEW’s Best in Business award; the Deadline Club; the Detroit Press Club’s International Wheel Award (all in 2006); the Virginia Press Association (1998); and the Keystone Press Award (1995). As a Freeman Foundation fellow at George Washington University, he focused on China studies. He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and Boston University, where he majored in international relations.

“I am helping SABEW find a replacement, and I’d like to find a diverse candidate if possible to fill the board spot and maybe chair the diversity committee,” said Siew. “If you have any ideas for good candidates, please let me know.”

SABEW will elect new board members next month at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

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