Nine volunteers running for seven SABEW board seats

Twelve SABEW members are running for the seven vacant seats on its board of governors. The top six vote-getters will serve three-year terms, beginning at the annual meeting whenGreg McCune of Reuters succeeds President Bernie Kohn of The Baltimore Sun. The next highest vote-getter will serve the remaining two years of the term of Jill Jorden Spitz of the Arizona Daily Star, who is joining ...[Read More]

SABEW’s Best in Business deadline approaching

Time to enter the Society of American Business Editors and Writers"˜ Best in Business contest is running out. Entries must be completed by 5 p.m. Central time on Friday, Jan. 30. Daily and weekly newspaper General Excellence entries must be postmarked by that day. But don't wait until Friday to enter. Here are two important things you need to know: 1. If you plan to enter one of the ...[Read More]

SABEW announces initiatives to help members during economic turmoil

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers announced Thursday a number of initiatives to help business journalists cope with the current economic downturn. The organization said it will offer a one-time, one-year "conversion" membership rate of $25 to anyone who was previously covered by an institutional membership but no longer is because they lost their job or their media ...[Read More]

Business Journalists Warned Readers About Economic Issues

From AJR,   December/January 2009 Well before this year"™s economic collapse, business journalists shined a spotlight on serious problems in the U.S. economy. But regulators and members of the public didn't pay much attention. By Chris Roush            ShareThis   In the early weeks of October, as the American financial crisis intensified, everyone ...[Read More]

Ray Shaw to receive SABEW distinguished achievement award

Ray Shaw, chairman of American City Business Journals, will receive the 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers(SABEW) at its 46th annual conference in Denver in late April. Shaw has run the publisher of 40 business weekly newspapers since 1989. Before that, he was president and chief operating officer of Dow Jones & Co., the publisher ...[Read More]

SABEW’s Best in Business competition now accepting entries

Contest season has begun! SABEW is now accepting entries for this year"™s Best in Business contest. This year SABEW is launching its Best of the Best awards. The Best of the Best award is designed to reward the very best work entered in SABEW"™s Best in Business contest. After BIB judging is completed, two uber-judging panels (one for General Excellence, one for all other categories) will review ...[Read More]