Best in Business contest dates announced by SABEW

This year"™s "Best in Business" contest is kicking into gear with the announcement of the mandatory dates for sections. The mandatory dates for newspaper business sections in the general excellence category are Thursday, May 1; Sunday, July 13; and Wednesday, Sept. 24. In addition, editors can chose any Monday or Tuesday edition, any Friday or Saturday edition, and any Sunday edition. For business ...[Read More]

The Stock Market Circus Continues

Recording No longer available Presenters Gail MarksJarvis, personal finance and market columnist, Chicago Tribune John Wasik, personal finance columnist, Bloomberg News Pamela Yip, personal finance columnist, Dallas Morning News 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 ...[Read More]

SABEW panel advises grabbing hold of personal finance stories

Personal finance call summary, Thursday, Oct. 16 Pam Yip, personal finance columnist, Dallas Morning News; Gail MarksJarvis, personal finance and markets columnist, Chicago Tribune John Wasik, personal finance columnist, Bloomberg News Moderated by Marty Steffens, SABEW Chair and business journalism professor, University of Missouri         With the rollicking market, ...[Read More]

Beal named Interim Executive Director for SABEW

Dave Beal, retired business editor and columnist at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and a past president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) board of governors, has been appointed the society's interim executive director. He succeeds Carrie Paden, who left the organization for health reasons. Beal (right) will work under contract to the SABEW board to oversee all aspects ...[Read More]

SABEW President Kohn discusses coverage of current economic crisis

Bernie Kohn, who is the president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and the head of the investigations team at the Baltimore Sun, talked with University of North Carolina business journalism professor Chris Roush about how the business media is covering the current economic crisis. Overall, Kohn believes that business journalism has done a very good job of warning consumers ...[Read More]

Currier, 1999 SABEW Distinguished Award winner, dies at age 62

By Joyce M. Rosenberg, AP Business Writer (reprinted with permission by Associated Press) Chet Currier , whose stock market and investing stories were fixtures in newspapers across the U.S. during a 29-year career at The Associated Press, died Sunday. He was 62.   Currier, who also worked for Bloomberg News, died of prostate cancer at a hospice in Santa Monica, Calif., his son Craig ...[Read More]