Archive for September, 2008

September 2008

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

BEA to release new regional data

Presenters BEA to release new regional data THURSDAY"” SABEW members get exclusive help! September 25, you will be able to find out the size of your city's economy, learn whether it's growing or declining and what industries are driving it. On that date the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis will release the second annual estimates of gross domestic product for 363 metropolitan statistical areas. ...[Read More]
Posted in Events, Past Teletraining
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Is Your Bank in Trouble?

Recording No longer available Presenters Drew DeSilver, banking and public companies reporter, Seattle Times Bernie Kohn, investigations editor, Baltimore Sun Mark Davis, banking reporter, Kansas City Star Moderator: Marty Steffens, SABEW Chair To Participate Those wishing to join to the call should dial (218) 936-7999. You will be prompted for the access code, which is 316748. SABEW's ...[Read More]
Posted in Events, Past Teletraining
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

2006 Best in Business, Enterprise Real-time Award Winner Douglas W. Delp Dies Aged 63

Douglas W. Delp, 63, a long-time print and Internet reporter, columnist and editor, passed away unexpectedly Sept. 23 at Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter, Fla., following emergency surgery. He leaves behind his best friend and beloved "bride," Elaine, in addition to scores of close friends and admiring coworkers at Bankrate.com, where he was an assistant managing editor, as well as prior coworkers ...[Read More]
Posted in In Memoriam
Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Using digital tools and skills for the big story

You never know when you will be covering a disaster, but Steve Buttry has lots of advice on how to prepare for one and what to do when it hits based on his experience in leading his paper through coverage of the Midwest floods this summer. Buttry, editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette and American Press Institute trainer, shared some of his experiences from covering a devastating flood and the following ...[Read More]
Posted in News
Sunday, September 14th, 2008

SABEW to add prestigous “Best of the Best” award

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will add a new category to its annual "Best in Business" awards to honor exceptional business journalism. The new Best of the Best awards, which will be given for the first time at the 2009 spring conference in Denver, are designed to reward the very best work entered in SABEW's Best in Business contest. After Best in Business judging is completed, ...[Read More]
Posted in News
Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Spitz joins SABEW succession ladder

Jill Jorden Spitz, assistant managing editor for business, local news, sports, features and training at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, has been named secretary of the Society of American Business Editors, effective May 2009.In joining "the ladder," Spitz will serve a year each as secretary, then treasurer, vice president and president of SABEW. Spitz joined the SABEW Board of Governors in 2004. ...[Read More]
Posted in News
Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Covering high cost of food is complicated

By Susan Salisbury Palm Beach Post With food prices receiving more coverage than ever as they continue to escalate, reporters need to be careful not to over-simplify the reasons behind the increases. That's the message Chip Flory, editor and publisher of Pro Farmer magazine, and Greg Johnson, editor of The Packer, a produce industry newspaper, shared during the session "Pantry Panic: Covering rising ...[Read More]
Posted in News
Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Story ides about covering small business owners and health care

By Gary Haber The (Wilmington) News Journal With health-care a key issue in the presidential election, experts at SABEW's fall conference offered enough suggestions for stories to fill any reporter's notebook. The panelists for the session on "Small business: High stakes in health-care reform" included: Leonard Burman, director of the Tax Policy Center and senior fellow at The Urban Institute; Rob ...[Read More]
Posted in News
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

SABEW to hold 2010 conference in Phoenix

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers board of directors voted unanimously this weekend to hold its 2010 annual conference in Phoenix at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The Cronkite ...[Read More]
Posted in News
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Tips for covering small businesses

By David Hayes Kansas City Star JoNo 10-Q, no 8-K, no proxy. In fact, few -- if any -- public documents at all. Covering small business presents its own set of challenges: Finding interesting companies to write about; avoiding puff pieces when few documents ...[Read More]
Posted in News
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Ford executive discusses future strategy

By Anne Christian University of Missouri Joe Hinrichs, the vice president of global manufacturing and labor relations at Ford Motor Co., attempted to counter the frustrations of many Americans have with the major automobile companies, particularly the ...[Read More]
Posted in News
Monday, September 8th, 2008

Data diving with the Bureau of Economic Analysis

By Jason Gertzen Kansas City Star Alison Adam, Shane Taylor and their colleagues at the Bureau of Economic Analysis want to help you tell the story of your local economy. The bureau has a Web site at http://bea.gov/ that is packed with charts, databases and other details ...[Read More]
Posted in News
Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Webcasts from SABEW fall conference will be available

A live webcast of some of the country's most influential business leaders offering their perspective and vision on key issues facing our economy will be available to journalists and the general public on Sept. 8-9 through the following link: www.kauffman.org/sabew The webcast link will be available ...[Read More]
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