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October 2009

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

SABEW continues Cronkite transition – SABEW Spotlight

SABEW Spotlight SABEW continues Cronkite transition SABEW continues its transition to a new headquarters at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University's Phoenix campus. Read More...[Read More]
Posted in Feature Sticky
Thursday, October 29th, 2009

SABEW continues Cronkite transition

By Warren Watson SABEW continues its transition to a new headquarters at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University's Phoenix campus. With the addition of executive director Warren Watson and membership coordinator Mark Scarp, the 45-year-old Society of American Business Editors and Writers is now midway through the relocation of its offices from ...[Read More]
Posted in Features, SABEW News
Thursday, October 29th, 2009

PBS’ Nightly Business Report Anchor Paul Kangas And Founder Linda O’Bryon To Receive Business Emmy Lifetime Achievement Honors

New York, N. Y. - October 29, 2009 - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) will present this year's Lifetime Achievement Award in Business & Financial Reporting to Paul Kangas, Anchor and Financial Commentator for PBS' Nightly Business Report, and Linda O'Bryon, the founder of the pioneering business news broadcast and now Chief Content Officer of Northern California Public ...[Read More]
Posted in SABEW News
Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Want to help kids learn about finance?

Courtesy of The Cincinnati Enquirer The goal was simple: start to give children the financial knowledge they'll need to make smart decisions about saving, purchasing and investing, rather than having them learn those lessons in the school of hard knocks. "The lack of basic financial skills was an instrumental factor in the current economic crisis that our nation is facing," said Accounting for ...[Read More]
Posted in SABEW News
Monday, October 26th, 2009

SABEW’s New Digs or By The Time I Got To Phoenix – SABEW Spotlight

SABEW Spotlight SABEW's New Digs or By The Time I Got To Phoenix How high-tech is Arizona State's new downtown Phoenix campus? They just opened a new dorm tower across the street from the Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. It has a laundry facility that texts you when the wash or dry cycles are completed. Read more...[Read More]
Posted in Feature Sticky
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Henriques’s preparation led to Madoff assignment at the Times

By Mark J. Scarp SABEW Staff Diana Henriques didn't become the New York Times' Bernie Madoff reporter because she was already a decorated journalist. But the Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of several other national journalism honors said Monday that the qualities that helped her win those accolades - such as never throwing away a business card - enabled her to be the most prepared person ...[Read More]
Posted in Features, SABEW News
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Phoenix meeting to explore fiscal challenges – SABEW Spotlight

SABEW Spotlight Henriques's preparation led to Madoff assignment at the Times By Mark Scarp Diana Henriques didn't become the New York Times' Bernie Madoff reporter because she was already a decorated journalist. But the Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of several other national journalism honors said Monday... Read more Tips and Tricks from Reporter Henriques Speaking ...[Read More]
Posted in Feature Sticky
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Tips and Tricks from Reporter Henriques

Speaking to Arizona State University journalism students Monday, senior financial reporter Diana Henriques of The New York Times offered tips toward being a better business journalist. Henriques has spent more than 40 years in the profession: Never discard a fact - or a business card. "No fact is ever wasted on an investigative reporter. No business card is thrown away." "Gather and build ...[Read More]
Posted in Features, SABEW News
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Phoenix meeting to explore fiscal challenges

By Mark Scarp Arizona will enter 2010 with many ongoing major economic challenges, including the state's budget crisis. Learn the details, the questions and the possible answers from a daylong conference specifically designed for journalists. "Understanding Arizona's Fiscal Challenges: An Economic Conference for Journalists," will be held Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Pulliam Room at ...[Read More]
Posted in SABEW News
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Tim Wheatley

SABEW Spotlight Sun's Wheatley was top notch Tim Wheatley wanted to be become an FBI agent at one point in his 26-year journalism career. He settled on becoming one of the best editors around - in Minneapolis, in Indianapolis, and finally in Baltimore. Read more Business editor had sharpened Baltimore's coverage For much of his career Tim was a brilliant sports editor, and he ...[Read More]
Posted in Feature Sticky
Monday, October 12th, 2009

Wheatley: “understood changing industry and how to respond to it”

(SABEW executive director Warren Watson asked Monty Cook, editor of The Baltimore Sun, to comment on the business journalism achievements of Tim Wheatley, the Sun's business editor. Wheatley, a former SABEW member, was killed in a traffic accident outside Baltimore earlier in October.) By Monty Cook For much of his career Tim was a brilliant sports editor, and he understood what readers needed ...[Read More]
Posted in The Director's Desk
Friday, October 9th, 2009

The Miami Herald and Bloomberg Markets receive 2009 Barlett & Steele Awards

PHOENIX-The Miami Herald received the gold award and Bloomberg Markets magazine the silver award in the third annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism, the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism announced today. "Borrowers Betrayed" by Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman and Rob Barry of The Miami Herald received the top gold award of $5,000. A nine-month ...[Read More]
Posted in SABEW News
Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Remembering Tim Wheatley

By Warren Watson Tim Wheatley wanted to be become an FBI agent at one point in his 26-year journalism career. He settled on becoming one of the best editors around - in Minneapolis, in Indianapolis, and finally in Baltimore. Wheatley was just beginning another stint in business journalism after creating award-winning sports sections at The Baltimore Sun, when he was killed Monday in a traffic ...[Read More]
Posted in SABEW News, The Director's Desk
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Organizers busy planning annual conference in Phoenix

By TBJ staff Mark your calendars for SABEW's 47th annual conference March 19-21 in sunny Phoenix at the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. The conference will run from Friday noon to Sunday noon and will take place during Spring Training in Arizona. Among the invited speakers are Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Mexican cell phone mogul Carlos Slim, Craig's List founder ...[Read More]
Posted in Uncategorized
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Glasses raised to honor supporters

By TBJ staff NEW YORK - SABEW members celebrated the success of our 2008-09 fund drive with a reception attended by top donors and leading business journalists. At the Sept. 10th event, at Thomson Reuters headquarters at Times Square, SABEW President Greg McCune gave out wine bottles with the SABEW logo on them to major donors in appreciation of their support. Among those at the reception ...[Read More]
Posted in Fall 2009
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Download The Fall 2009 Issue

Download the Fall 2009 Issue, 738KB PDF....[Read More]
Posted in Fall 2009
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Silverman, Peacock fill vacancies on board

By Greg McCune SABEW President I am pleased to announce that Gary Silverman, U.S. news editor for the Financial Times, and Chris Peacock, executive editor and vice president of CNNMoney.com, have joined the SABEW board. Silverman replaces Cliff Cumber, who resigned from the board earlier this year. Gary will serve the remainder of Cliff's term until the 2011 annual conference in Dallas. One ...[Read More]
Posted in SABEW News, Uncategorized
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Next generation learning economic fundamentals before hitting the streets

Chair's Corner Marty Steffens SABEW Chair in Business and Financial Journalism steffensm@missouri.edu / 573-884-4839 This is the third semester I've taught "Economics for Journalists" at the University of Missouri, exposing nearly 600 students to micro and macroeconomics. My co-professor, Dr. Martin Pereyra, and I use a customized textbook, "Econ 1051: General economics for school of journalism," ...[Read More]
Posted in Fall 2009
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Remembering the (old) poor in the new recession

Ethics in Action Edward Wasserman John S. and James L. Knight Foundation professor of journalism ethics at Washington and Lee University With this year marking the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, I recalled a comment by the astronomer Fred Hoyle, who was dismayed by the lunar mission. Hoyle had referred to the moon as a "ruined slag heap," a pretty brazen remark at a time of national ...[Read More]
Posted in Fall 2009
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

ACBJ exec joins officer ladder

By TBJ staff Beth Hunt, manager of editorial operations for American City Business Journals, has been elected by SABEW's board of governors to become our next secretary. Hunt will take office at the society's 2010 annual conference in March in Phoenix. She has been a governor since 2008 and joined the board's executive committee in May. She will become president of our organization in Spring ...[Read More]
Posted in Fall 2009
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

When you are shown the door, open your mind to possibilities

Behind The Beat Mary Jane Pardue Associate professor of journalism at Missouri State University mjpardue@missouristate.edu The newsroom staff is dwindling around you and your chilling thought is, "Will I be next?" And, if you are, what will you do to earn a paycheck? You may be thinking "I'm a writer. I can always get a job." But where? SABEW member Julius Karash is a freelance writer ...[Read More]
Posted in Fall 2009
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

New dogs teaching old dogs new tricks

President's Letter Greg McCune ThomsonReuters Greg.mccune@thomsonreuters.com One of our summer interns at Reuters gave an internal training course to some of our veteran reporters the other day on how to put together an audio slide show. It was a formal training course via webinar with reporters in different cities participating. The veteran reporters loved it. I am sure this sort of thing is ...[Read More]
Posted in Fall 2009
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

An exciting time for change

Executive Director's Report Warren Watson SABEW Executive Director 602-496-5186 Journalism bug bites early, leads Warren Watson to SABEW I started playing around with journalism when I was 9, writing stories in pencil about Ted Williams and my Boston Red Sox on the blue lines of the composition paper we used in fourth grade. But I didn't get serious about it until the end of my junior year ...[Read More]
Posted in Fall 2009

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