Archive for May, 2010

May 2010

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

$10K in prizes offered in new biz-journalism competition

Washington U. announces Olin Corporate Strategy Prize...[Read More]
Monday, May 24th, 2010

For now, our demand for oil puts those platforms in the gulf

By KIM QUILLEN, New Orleans Times-Picayune, SABEW board member NEW ORLEANS, May 24, 2010 -- Several years ago, I spent a day on one of Transocean's drilling ships as it worked in the Gulf of Mexico. At the time, the vessel was working for Chevron in a massive oilfield located 140 miles off the Louisiana coast. I remember being fascinated by the sophistication of the vessel and the ...[Read More]
Monday, May 24th, 2010

Affording College Life: Summer vacation on a budget

Roshau's tips for summer fun, keeping fall money....[Read More]
Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Bloomberg’s new Businessweek, and other Biz Buzz

An inside scoop on the business of biz news....[Read More]
Thursday, May 20th, 2010

We need a ‘FOIA for business journalists’

By MARY FRICKER, Special to SABEW COMMENTARY Business journalists have an obligation to give their readers accurate information about financial institutions that pose a systemic risk to the economy. But the companies' byzantine and incomplete financial statements often make this impossible. I urge SABEW members and other journalists to call on Congress to require that these high-risk institutions ...[Read More]
Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Job Postings

Welcome to the Job Postings section of sabew.org! Job postings are free for SABEW members, non-members are charged a modest fee for each job submitted. Please refer to http://sabew.org/resources/jobs/ for job submission policies. To post a job, please provide the requested information below and send in an e-mail message with "SABEW Job Posting" in the subject line to sabew@sabew.org. If you have ...[Read More]
Thursday, May 13th, 2010

7 SABEW members among Reynolds ‘green’ fellows

Will attend 3-day seminar in Phoenix June 28-30...[Read More]
Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Immigration debate has always been about the economy

By WARREN WATSON, SABEW executive director PHOENIX, May 14, 2010 -- My grandfather was an illegal immigrant.  He wandered for years away from the family farm in search of day wages to support his parents, brothers and sisters back near the big city. He spoke little English. He walked hundreds of miles back home after the season ended as his strong hands were needed to push the hand plows and ...[Read More]
Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Friday last day to sign up for Boston accounting-fraud seminar

PHOENIX, March 13, 2010 -- Friday, March 14, is the last day to register for a free workshop in Boston on how to assess and report accounting fraud. SABEW and the CFA Institute, a global association of investment professionals, will sponsor a free, two-hour session 1  to 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, in the Regis Room at the Boston Marriott3333 Copley Place , 110 Huntington Ave. in Boston (Exit 22 ...[Read More]
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

It’s back! SABEW fall conference headed to NYC

PHOENIX, May 12, 2010 – SABEW is reviving its fall conference with a must-attend series of workshops and speakers Oct. 1-2 in New York City. The fall event at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism will be highlighted by the joint appearance of two of the most outspoken journalists on Wall Street, Bloomberg News’ Jonathan Weil and the Fox News Channel’s Charlie Gasparino, ...[Read More]
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

What’s happened to all of the economics reporting?

Same recession media report on causes trimming....[Read More]
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

The Gulf oil spill and ‘corporate speak’

PR spin is often much worse than government's....[Read More]
Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Members asked to help Haitian journalists return to reporting the news

Haiti News Project raises $ to get media operating again....[Read More]

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