Now More Than Ever: Making the Case for Robust Business Journalism Coverage

By WARREN WATSON, SABEW Executive Director A West Coast newspaper editor called the other day. “What should I do?  My publisher wants to make cuts in our daily business section,” she said.  “He wants to know why should have such a section. I really need some arguments.  We’re cutting so much these days.” We at SABEW have heard this lament numerous times in the last few ...[Read More]

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]

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]