SABEW accepting entries for Birger Award

Entries are being accepted for the second annual Society of American Business Editors and Writers award honoring a top young business journalist. The winner will receive $1,500 plus an expense paid trip to New York where the award will be presented during at SABEW’s annual fall conference.

The Larry Birger Young Business Journalist Award is named after Birger, the former Miami Herald business editor who served as SABEW president in 1977. Birger was later a principal in rbb Public Relations of Miami, Fla. until his death in 1998.The award is made possible by a gift from rbb to SABEW.  

Josh Merkin, Vice President, rbb announced the award at the SABEW’s annual conference in Chicago. “Larry Birger played an important role in the development of business journalism and it gives us great pleasure to recognize his legacy through the creation of this award. We’re hopeful that young journalists will get involved in this year’s contest and continue to pave the way for the industry.”

“The Birger Award is a great way for SABEW to honor excellent young journalists, as well as the memory of Past President Larry Birger,” said Joanna Ossinger, a top-news editor at Bloomberg and current SABEW president. “I can’t wait to see the entries for this year’s contest.”

Mina Kimes, then 28, working at Bloomberg was the inaugural winner in 2014. Mina is now a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine in New York.

Journalists 29 years old and younger during 2014 are eligible. (A journalist who turned 30 during 2014 is eligible). The entry deadline is 11 p.m. EST, Friday, July 31, 2015. See complete rules and instructions.